# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| hal: hal (The HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer) hal: hal: HAL is a piece of software that provides a view of the various hal: hardware attached to a system. HAL keeps detailed metadata for each hal: piece of hardware and provides hooks so that system and desktop hal: software can react to changes in the hardware configuration (such as hal: the insertion of a DVD, or a USB flash memory stick). Users in the hal: "plugdev" or "cdrom" group will be able to use such devices on the hal: desktop without the need to mount/umount them manually. hal: hal: For more info, see: http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal