* Various things Linux doesn't have/doesn't need
@ 2012-09-13 0:18 Rich Lawlman
2012-09-13 0:30 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
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From: Rich Lawlman @ 2012-09-13 0:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
It is by fine, unbiased analysis I propose the following:
For one, drop all support for cpu archs except ARM. Dropping support
will reduce development strain, and x86 has no foreseeable future
anyways. This will allow Linux to accelerate its development pace on
the one thing it currently has potential in; low-powered devices such
as mobile/embedded, as Linux on the desk is a virtual wasteland.
In addition, no one cares about the true state or existence of their
files, and the assumption they do is why Linux scares new guys and the
iPhone became popular. The kernel should instead make the filesystem
"invisible" to the user; by default making only user files visible
from a file manager and making only files related to a particular app
available in that app. More secure, more simple, easier for the
simpleton.
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* Re: Various things Linux doesn't have/doesn't need
2012-09-13 0:18 Various things Linux doesn't have/doesn't need Rich Lawlman
@ 2012-09-13 0:30 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-09-13 2:50 ` Theodore Ts'o
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Cruz Julian Bishop @ 2012-09-13 0:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rich Lawlman; +Cc: linux-kernel
On 13/09/12 10:18, Rich Lawlman wrote:
> It is by fine, unbiased analysis I propose the following:
>
> For one, drop all support for cpu archs except ARM. Dropping support
> will reduce development strain, and x86 has no foreseeable future
> anyways. This will allow Linux to accelerate its development pace on
> the one thing it currently has potential in; low-powered devices such
> as mobile/embedded, as Linux on the desk is a virtual wasteland.
>
> In addition, no one cares about the true state or existence of their
> files, and the assumption they do is why Linux scares new guys and the
> iPhone became popular. The kernel should instead make the filesystem
> "invisible" to the user; by default making only user files visible
> from a file manager and making only files related to a particular app
> available in that app. More secure, more simple, easier for the
> simpleton.
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I'm sorry, I have to ask this.
Do you guys get paid (or are part of a bet) when you make
suggestions like these, or do you just do it for, as a friend
tells me, "shits and giggles"?
OT: Or rename x86 to LEG, and watch all the others turn into
EYE and BodyFS, etc. ...Nope, still doesn't make sense,
but at least it doesn't sound too crazy. Just a bit whacko :)
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* Re: Various things Linux doesn't have/doesn't need
2012-09-13 0:30 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
@ 2012-09-13 2:50 ` Theodore Ts'o
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Theodore Ts'o @ 2012-09-13 2:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cruz Julian Bishop; +Cc: Rich Lawlman, linux-kernel
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:30:06AM +1000, Cruz Julian Bishop wrote:
> Do you guys get paid (or are part of a bet) when you make
> suggestions like these, or do you just do it for, as a friend
> tells me, "shits and giggles"?
I'm going to guess that people have been leaving their systems
unattended without a screen saver, and someone is trying to make them
look like total whackos by posting a these e-mails from their
unlocked/unattended accounts. :-)
- Ted
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