> > while "Kernel Mode Setting" is kernel related, it is of no > significance for distros running on servers. >
But it is of paramount importance to those running desktops! Remember that Linux became popular because it is reliable alternative to both Windows and MacOS as a desktop system. > "OpenOffice/LibreOffice and some other tools like gimp 2.8.0" however > are definitely not kernel related. I think I made this clear: these are user-land related things. > Your statement "To me it would be a good idea to join forces to improve the > kernel as well as the user-land ..." is wrong, however, because there are No it is correct. We join forces and then each of us does whatever he/she can do best. > > I would love all of the changes you've suggested to be implemented, and > have (in the past) some limited luck getting LibreOffice compiled, but I > don't have the skills to work with the kernel, or the time, and I will (at > the moment) allow the guys who are working on it to keep working on it. > Each year I compile TeXLive binaries for OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana and I try to make the source compilable for Solaris. If everyone who is not a kernel guru could do that for something he/she likes then things would be far better. A.S. ---------------------- Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
