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Συντάκτης: Didier Kryn
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Προς: dng
Αντικείμενο: Re: [DNG] What can even possibly go wrong?
Le 12/03/2020 à 22:02, John Morris a écrit :
> On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 11:14 +0000, Rowland penny via Dng wrote:
>> Here we go again, reinventing the wheel ;-)
>>
>> Windows has something similar, they call it roaming profiles and that
>> has its problems.
> It isn't exactly reinventing the wheel, it is more like porting the
> wheel. The fact Windows has a similar feature is exactly the point, it
> has always been the point. RedHat/IBM is working with Microsoft to
> prepare the way for what anyone paying attention knows is coming.
> Maintaining the Windows kernel and device drivers is inefficient and is
> gaining them nothing at this point. So make Linux + userland feature
> complete enough to simply port the Windows UI to it and merge it into
> one new platform. If they could bolt Win32 onto NT they can bolt it
> onto Linux + Systemd + Wayland + *kit + yet more RH cruft to make it all
> work.
>
> The sooner we realize that RedHat is leading nothing less than a hard
> fork of Linux + GNU into Linux + Windows, exactly like Google created
> Linux + Android btw, the less damage to the Linux + GNU/UNIX side of the
> fork. It is long past the point where we need to move our tree away
> from RedHat and everything it has infected. If that means adopting
> large parts of modern BSD, so be it. Guess that depends on whether
> there is anyone left at GNU who can make strategic decisions and just
> how many "GNU" projects are effectively RedHat ones now. Stallman being
> #meetoo purged was probably an intentional thing.
>
> Once we finally complete the fork everyone will be happier, the world
> will be a better place, etc. Window atop Linux will even be a better
> product.


    Yep, Systemd is nothing but a compatibility layer between the Linux
kernel and Windows. It's amazing how they got plenty of unpaid
developpers and maintainers contribute this project.

        Didier