[plug] hmmm Linus being opinionated again :-)

[Daniel J. Axtens]

> How about plugins/whatever for the major file browsers (konq, mc, etc) which
> will trap the opening of unknown files, extract the file magic, and connect to
> a site to get recommendations based on the magic, distro, installed lib
> versions, rpm/apt-get database etc. This makes the process dependent on an
> internet connection being active though....

Isn't this what MIME types are for? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME).

Wouldn't it be simpler to wrap your installer around a file's mime
type than file magic?

Just my fraction of 2c

Danielax