On Tue, 2015-07-28 at 00:09 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:10:29 +0200
> Svante Signell <svante.signell@???> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2015-07-26 at 23:17 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote:

> > > Mounting should be restricted to only the most experienced users,
> > > never embedded in the software so every user can across the board.
> > > The default setup on too many Linux machines reminds me of Windows.
> >
> > Too sad to see this on GNU/Linux :(
>
> Cheer up Svante. This isn't for your corporation's web servers, it's
> for the guy with a desktop, the system's only user, a guy who already
> has root but just doesn't want to do su all the time, who just wants
> automounting to happen.

To clarify: The annoying issue with windows is that e.g. if you put in
a CD in the reader, some application starts automatically depending on
the CD contents. This behaviour as default is also annoying on GNU/Linux.

> There are a million different use cases, and on some of them
> automounting makes sense. Other times, running a command as a normal
> user makes more sense. Other times, only someone with root should be
> mounting.

Even if automounting sometimes makes sense, it should be easy
configurable! I have not found that on Windows OS versions, maybe I did
not dig enough. However, on Devuan GNU/Linux that would be adding value
to user experience.