On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 08:08:08PM +0100, Antonio Campos wrote:
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> The question is: has anybody the power to convince Linus of the advantages of
> a new graphics model? Has anybody sent any documentation or schema to the
Or simply fork the project. One must now consider the graphic subsystem as essential
in the OS. The way of tinking txt-kernel+graphic-as-user-process is the logic
consequence of the last 20 years of technological evolutions (from RS232 consoles to
Xterminals
then workstations): a good reason for justifying such a dramatic solution.
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> Although all of this is known by many people (the GGI list, X list, and even
> kernel lists), believe me when I say that many more people believes X to be a
> marvellous graphics subsystem and doesn't need improvement. And this is what
> has to change. That's why I suggested the idea of promoting KGI in
> publications like Linux Journal and the like. Just think: why did Linux
> kernel triumphed over Mach or FreeBSD? Among other things because it created
> an halo of being a rock-solid fast unix-like kernel. Much of this
I agree.
> triumphalism is due to the promotion of Linux in academic environments.
> Why many good projects fail to connect with the people?. In my opinion, by a
> lack of promotion.
> An example (yes, I know I'm repetitive): I have a lot of friends that know
> about and even use Linux, but neither of them know about the
> GGI/KGI projects. But they all know about X, Gnome, etc. So, I consider this
> to be a lack of promotion.
True, I was one of these people before last few weeks.
Nicholas
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Nicolas Souchu
Alc�ve - Open Source Software Engineer - http://www.alcove.fr
