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[Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es>]

> But how do they *unmount* them?  If they remove the floppy or CD without
> first unmounting, there'll be trouble . . .  This is probably one of the
> biggest downsides to Linux for Win users - the disk mounting/unmounting
> thing.  And, for the production computer user (say, a secretary who
> does mainly wordprocessing) who has to use removeable media alot, there
> could be quite alot of time, and consequently productivity, loss 
> involved.
> Having to mount and unmount all the time, and having to remember to do so
> - lest you destabilize the system - could noticeably increase the 
> workload

If xfm is installed, a double click on the floppy or cd icon mounts and 
opens the device. I can't actually remember and I can't check it at this 
moment, but either closing the window or clicking again on the icon or both 
unmounts it again. As I say, I can't remember now exactly which step does 
the unmounting, but I checked using 'mount' on the console and it does get 
unmounted.
Basically, this machine is for some young people to 'learn the ropes' on, 
so productivity isn't an issue!
Personally, I recommend xfm in combination with something like icewm on a 
small machine. I even use it for work on a Pentium II with Slackware 9.0 
and 4 gigas of hd. KDE and Gnome are so big.
Andrew