Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:30:06 +1000 | From | Cruz Julian Bishop <> | Subject | Re: Various things Linux doesn't have/doesn't need |
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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. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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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