Messages in this thread | | | From | "kartikey bhatt" <> | Subject | Can't X be elemenated? | Date | Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:14:56 +0530 |
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Hi Linus.
I read your reply to a person worried about the future of linux. It was a satisfactory reply; I hope to get a satisfactory reply for this one also.
Can't X be elemenated?
I mean to say kernel level support for graphics device drivers and special routines for accessing it directly; rest will be done by user space widget libraries (or say a kernel space light widget library which can be customized by user space libraries).
Why am I asking this?
1st. X is bloat. Though it's good for server environments. For desktop pcs it's too heavy. On my machine (PIII500 with 128MB RAM) I have to choose from either to run X or compile 2.6.0-test6.
2nd. It's process based client/server architecture is a bottleneck. It's not as interactive as is supposed to be.
3rd. Most important. I can't impress or convince my window(crash)(TM) user friends, relatives (who saw X running on my pc) to use Linux.
4th. I want to see desktop being ruled by Linux.
"Present" is in our hands; we are ruling servers. You said "Linux, world domination fast". If my wish is fulfilled, I am sure, one day, You (Mr. Linus) and I will be saying "Linux, world domination completed".
-Kartikey Mahendra Bhatt.
(Sorry for raising this question during feature freeze. But the consequences in last few days have forced me to ask this question.)
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