____/ Jerry McBride on Friday 27 July 2007 01:32 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore
>>
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>> | That's the optimistic message delivered by a newly energized contingent
>> | of Linux proponents. By employing the same consumer-friendly marketing
>> | techniques practiced by Microsoft, and by taking advantage of the rising
>> | popularity of web-based applications, Linux vendors are getting ready
>> | for what they say will be a wave of consumer interest in the free
>> | operating system.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/07/linux_desktop
>>
>> Memo to Con Kolivas: why not roll your own?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Kolivas, according to the interview, came up against three of the big
>> | guns in the kernel project - Torvalds, Andrew Morton and Ingo Molnar -
>> | when trying to lobby for his patches.
>> |
>> | With free and open source software, there is a way out, if Kolivas
>> | really wants to put his improvements out there and prove his point.
>> | Follow de Raadt's example and fork the project.
>> `----
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>>
>
http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13710&Itemid=1091
>>
>> Fork a kernel, kill an "OS" and revolutionize the desktop
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Free Software is about restoring the freedom of computer users. But now
>> | that we have it, why not take things to the next level? Let's make a
>> | desktop operating system which will be truly irresistible, then conquer
>> | the desktop and make computers really fun again.
>> `----
>>
>>
>
http://www.nuxified.org/article/fork_a_kernel_kill_an_os_and_revolutionize_the_desktop
>>
>> CK could get some support from companies that thrive in the desktop, such
>> as Canonical.
>
>
> For as much hype that the ck-kernel sources got... I never found the
> performance promises that were made. If Con does a fork, it'll be a very
> lonely road... It's simply not needed.
True, but some people suggest that branching for embedded devices and the
desktop would help. CK's work probably becomes obsolete because of CFS, which
has just been merged or will soon be merged and released with 2.6.23. Rather
than admit that his work is replaced by a rewrite/redesign, he threw a towel
angrily. A lot of components in the kernel get wiped and replaced. That's how
good development works. Cruft and poor code/design must go.
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