Original von demom
no, not at this time (or not that I know about, anyway). I'm talking about restricting the users ability to view the depth of the complex linux system, something that definitively only will confuse a novice user.
Do other systems offer this?
My only other system I can compare with is Windows 2000 and a user can go to its depths if he/she wants to.
Example: that it will only be possible for a novice user to see/traverse his own home directory, that /home/user will be his/hers root in konqueror/konsole. Sure, part of it is possible to do today, but I want it as an user-setting instead of a file restriction, whereas it will be more powerful.
Might be possible to chroot a users into his/her homedirectory for certain applications.
Example: and that a novice user will ony be able to change (and therefore only see) settings relative to his/hers desktop.
That is the situation with current desktop environments, isn't it?
Anything system related is put into distribbutionspecific tools, most of the time the complaint is therefore reversed, i.e. that a user can't change system configuration from the DE.
And so on... Anyone that knows what I mean, and that thinks that it's a good idea? Anyone out there that thinks that I shall shut up?
I think the current situation with KDE on Linux is already more restricted than any other compareable platforms on other systems than Linux.
This is encouraged by lots of users complaining about not having more direct control of their system through KDE tools (see above)
Cheers,
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