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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: Jude Nelson
CC: dng@lists.dyne.org
Subject: Re: [Dng] John Goerzen asks, "Has modern Linux lost its way?"

Le 12/02/2015 17:58, Jude Nelson a écrit :
>
> >But, for a desktop, udev, eudev, or vdev is mandatory.
>
> Is it? A lot of applications need libudev, but if I can get
> libudev-compat to generate the requisite information from sysfs and a
> static dev, I'll spring for that instead of having it depend on a
> device manager. Static dev should remain an option for as long as it
> is feasible, IMHO.
>
> -Jude


     I agree that static dev must remain an option. 200%. I use it on 
embeded powerpc devices running Wheezy with kernel 2.6.29, because 
Wheezy's udev is not compatible with this "deprecated" kernel version.


     But if you are looking for productivity on your laptop, you want an 
application to create a device file with a meaningful name when you plug 
in a usb key. Plus another to allow you to mount/umount it in a 
mouse-click -- or a shortkey if Tilt knows how :-)


     Didier