Universal Control Center

[Steven Pasternak]

Hi! I've been using linux since '03 and have experimented with various 
distributions. I noticed that very few distros have a single control 
center for EVERYTHING (Xandros). I think that is what fedora/redhat 
could use. I know that as a new user, running into GNOME control center 
(gnome 2.4), KDE control center, AND the system's control center (like 
Yast on suse or mandrakeconf on Mandrake/Mandriva) can be very 
confusing. Would there be any way to incorporate all of the desktop 
(kde/gnome) config and all of the system-config-* stuff from redhat? 
Xandros does a good job putting it all under the kde control center as 
modules, and Suse tries (at least under 9.x) with yast directory. With 
fedora/redhat, though, there are the different things under the 
'Administration' menu. As a former Windoze user, having a single control 
center for display stuff and admin stuff is ideal. Any thoughts on the 
subject?
-Steven

[Trond Danielsen]

On 8/6/06, Steven Pasternak <stevenp500(a)bellsouth.net&gt; wrote:
>  Hi! I've been using linux since '03 and have experimented
> with various
>  distributions. I noticed that very few distros have a single control
>  center for EVERYTHING (Xandros). I think that is what fedora/redhat
>  could use. I know that as a new user, running into GNOME control center
>  (gnome 2.4), KDE control center, AND the system's control center (like
>  Yast on suse or mandrakeconf on Mandrake/Mandriva) can be very
>  confusing. Would there be any way to incorporate all of the desktop
>  (kde/gnome) config and all of the system-config-* stuff from redhat?
>  Xandros does a good job putting it all under the kde control center as
>  modules, and Suse tries (at least under 9.x) with yast directory. With
>  fedora/redhat, though, there are the different things under the
>  'Administration' menu. As a former Windoze user, having a single control
>  center for display stuff and admin stuff is ideal. Any thoughts on the
>  subject?
>  -Steven
>  
I do not see the difference between the Control panel in Windows and
the Administration menu in gnome. Of cause some of the individual
administration applications could be improved, but I still do not see
the principal difference.

-- 
Trond Danielsen

[Brian Chadwick]

Steven Pasternak wrote:
>  Hi! I've been using linux since '03 and have experimented
> with various 
>  distributions. I noticed that very few distros have a single control 
>  center for EVERYTHING (Xandros). I think that is what fedora/redhat 
>  could use. I know that as a new user, running into GNOME control 
>  center (gnome 2.4), KDE control center, AND the system's control 
>  center (like Yast on suse or mandrakeconf on Mandrake/Mandriva) can be 
>  very confusing. Would there be any way to incorporate all of the 
>  desktop (kde/gnome) config and all of the system-config-* stuff from 
>  redhat? Xandros does a good job putting it all under the kde control 
>  center as modules, and Suse tries (at least under 9.x) with yast 
>  directory. With fedora/redhat, though, there are the different things 
>  under the 'Administration' menu. As a former Windoze user, having a 
>  single control center for display stuff and admin stuff is ideal. Any 
>  thoughts on the subject?
>  -Steven
>  
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