18 Feb
2004
18 Feb
'04
7:57 p.m.
* Patrick Mauritz <oxygene(a)studentenbude.ath.cx> [2004-02-17 20:45:49 +0100]:
<snip>
If you dont like it, why not writing something better for the linux kernel ?
BTW the
architecture of the Linux kernel is newer than 1980, although
it provides a unix-style userland vm. I dont see whats wrong with
this, yet - but I'd like to hear your arguments.
people tend to joke about the
change in WinNT4 where parts of the graphic
driver were moved to kernelspace and point to the "superior" design of linux.
similar reasons apply to most other parts of the linux
kernel: they're either
_inferior_ to the WinNT design (maybe not in implementation but that's one of
the things ReactOS must do different, by design) or plain incompatible. and
before you start with "how about improving linux": with a strong
"benevolent
dictator" it might be hard to get architectural improvements into linux, look
for project UDI on lkml as reference what happens to people suggesting
this...
Why not a new kernel branche / inofficial patches ?
If the code is good, they'll someday take it into the official distro.
Many good kernel projects were developed outside of the main tree for a
very long time, i.e. isdn4linux, capi4linux, alsa, ...
also, reactos started with "real code" in
1997 or 1998 - what was the state of
linux back then?
Okay.
<snip>
there are a lot of things that went pretty good with
linux, but using a
remotely modern design (where are personalities, when you need them?) and
personalities ?
cu
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