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On Sunday, September 25, 2011 05:53:18 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 09:59, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> >> I'm a bit concerned that the future of linux on the desktop is going to |
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> >> be one where your choices are things like Android, ChromeOS, Ubuntu, |
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> >> Gnome OS, or a "KDE OS." Each one would have its own package managers, |
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> >> repositories, distros, APIs, etc. Clearly there is some benefit from |
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> >> the vertical integration (Android and ChromeOS have a very high level |
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> >> of polish, and Ubuntu is approaching this often by just writing their |
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> >> own stuff). Instead of working to influence other projects (which can |
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> >> be frustrating), big distros are looking to just eliminate dependencies |
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> >> outside of themselves. This will be a big challenge for a smaller |
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> >> distro like Gentoo. Obviously we can't just go write our own Wayland |
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> >> replacement, even if we did essentially make our own "systemd" of |
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> >> sorts. |
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> > |
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> > you're aware the ChromeOS is built on top of / with Gentoo right ? |
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> "Gentoo" is defined by portage and the portage tree. If we remove |
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> that, the end result is no different than compiling stuff manually in |
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> Slackware or by hand. |
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which is how Chrome OS is built. |
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ROOT=/some/place emerge <some binpkgs> |
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-mike |