Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:52:16 schrieb Michael Mol:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> wrote:
> > I think you need to take a closer look; it does support a lot of
> > "modern" parts of the "stack" (as you call it); it's just focused on the
> > things that matters (for an embedded system). It is the mindset that I'm
> > after; it seems even kernel developers are thinking "oh, we have so much
> > memory here so it doesn't matter if we use a few GB here" (yes, I'm
> > exaggerating). Intel and AMD can't increase the clocks anymore so
> > they've started to throw more hardware on the ever increasing demand for
> > computing power... there will be a time when the "bloat" will take it's
> > toll on more users.
>
> The kernel configuration process is actually very nice and very easy.
> You an remove any features you don't want or need. (I'm referring to,
> e.g. menuconfig. I haven't really used genkernel)
>
> The first time's the hardest. After you know what parts you need for a
> given box, it's easy.
>
> >> Many of us actually like the modern features of the kernel, glibc,
> >> udev, dbus, systemd, pulseaudio, glib, X.org, GStreamer, Gtk+ and
> >
> > There's a lot of people that like Windows 7 and MacOS X too, I hear.
> > What the ultimate goal (in my view) for systemd, pulseaudio etc. seems
> > to be is to mimic (poorly) the mentioned OS's.
>
> FWIW, PulseAudio predates Windows Vista, Windows 7, even MacOS X. I
> ran it on a 200MHz machine back when it was called Enlightenment Sound
> Daemon.

Pulseaudio was meant to be a drop in replacement for ESD but AFAIK that is 
where the common grounds end. Pulseaudio was not ESD and ESD is not 
Pulseaudio.

Plus ESD has/had a less than good reputation to say it politely.

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