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On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:57:26 -0800 |
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Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I sort of feel that the kernel will always be |
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> the kernel and everything that gets piled on top sort of seems to take |
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> care of itself in the end. If freedesktop.org goes down a path where |
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> it gets too complicated then I believe\think\hope some other group |
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> will step forward quietly, fork that portion |
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Yes, the kernel is fine. But I need/want a GUI, not a DE, just a GUI -- |
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and that's the problem because freedesktop.org is the only game in town |
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and whatever they do everyone must do. Coupled with the fact that graphics |
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processors are all tightly controlled by Nvidia, Radeon, etc. we are |
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destined for an extremely monolithic Linux graphical environment in |
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the future. |
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Fork? Who's gonna take on that challenge? It seems that a handful |
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of developers, with their own special and exclusionary agenda, will control |
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the Linux GE for all time. |
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Frank Peters |
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