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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Single user linux
To: imel96@trustix.co.id
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:03:08 +0100 (BST)
Cc: viro@math.psu.edu (Alexander Viro), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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> so what the hell is transmeta doing with mobile linux (midori).
> is it going to teach multi-user thing to tablet owners?

Thats you problem. Distinguish the OS from the user interface.

> surely mortals expect midori to behave like their pc. lets say
> on redhat, they have to login as root to access their files,
> they don't even know what a root is!

Even my digital tv box has multiple users. The fact you cannot figure out how
to make your UI present that to the end user in a suitable manner is not
the kernels problem. Get a real UI designer

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