Re: [uml-devel] [RFC] UML kernel & rootfs bundle with every kernel release ?

Antoine Martin
2007-04-02T10:21:46Z

Jeff Dike wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:58:45PM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote:
>> I reckon that one critical thing which could drastically increase the
>> user base would be to have a working virtual framebuffer implementation.
>
> Why? I've never understood what a framebuffer gives you that you
> don't have now.
Just like the network auto-configuration via dhcp, it would allow users
to download images+kernel and run them like appliances without
understanding anything about X or UML, just click and run.
We are all capable of setting up Xvfb here, but most users are not,
which is why they download ready-made images.
It would also make it a lot easier to focus on writing a management UI,
hell if there isn't one shortly after, I'll do one myself!
Think of a UML browser image (running IE via wine in a limited image
with just X + wine + IE - I would much prefer that to having wine+IE
installed locally), testing framebuffer apps like gtk-fb/cairo-fb
without risking your dev environment, etc...

Antoine