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From: | Dirk Theisen |
Subject: | Re: Preferences.app vs Configure.app; was Re: ANN: GNUtooth, Bluetooth 'support' for GNUstep |
Date: | Thu, 15 May 2003 21:51:53 +0000 |
User-agent: | Ginko/0.2.0-alpha-N (See <http://www.objectpark.org>) |
Hi!
In OS X, there is nothing I can think of that needs a reboot to take effect (apart from setting the boot volume, maybe). This is state of the art which should be considered.
(note that I am not agreeing with everything Apple as a company does, but technology-wise I think they are on the right track in some important cases)
Jeff wrote:
No, it's merely an artifact of how Apple machines are constructed, and inapplicable to commodity systems.
I disagree. A Mac - nowadays is not so much different from a "stock pc" as Apple uses a lot of PC technology and components - Mainboard, AGP Graphics Card, Ethernet Controller, PCI Bridge, EIDE Controller, USB Controller, etc. The main difference is the CPU and the motherboard - things that need to work prior to using "configure".
Configure needs to be able to set things up, because on hardware that isn't locked down by the manufacturer, there are things that need to be set up before they will work.
So set 'em up. But why reboot?It's just that they have a well thought out way of working with device drivers (installing one might need a reboot as do system updates). I can think of no device that cannot be reset and reconfigured by software.
Unfortunately, we are talking about operating systems now which is beyond the scope of this forum. So I will stop here. Others have commented that there cannot be a "Configure.app" on GNUstep because GNUstep is no integral part of any OS and I agree.
Greetings, Dirk
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