Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750739AbWEQRRN (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 13:17:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750743AbWEQRRN (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 13:17:13 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0102.google.com ([66.249.82.205]:21995 "EHLO wx-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750739AbWEQRRN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 13:17:13 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ReZjDZNe53VEiNQWh/tRPym2om0No75RSaZF5TqV8YBFO6CxoszAij7GUGA+eafuGN2bwXGlp3fUZRQIWl2CsK58gcLPJ0PT++7xInc6d5pTk2Z2AkATMiCjv3zCtqL/k8zd1V61CQmva3wpVtLk1LXeIcI90hQoO5vqKzFzTMc= Message-ID: <6f6293f10605171017y106565ev62683f04b353a2f5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 19:17:12 +0200 From: "Felipe Alfaro Solana" To: "Jesper Juhl" Subject: Re: replacing X Window System ! Cc: "linux cbon" , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <9a8748490605170639n12fde7c9i836599f02a30fd51@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <200605171218.k4HCIt4L013978@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20060517123937.75295.qmail@web26605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <9a8748490605170639n12fde7c9i836599f02a30fd51@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 838 Lines: 19 > > My idea is that the kernel should include universal > > graphical support. > > And then we would NOT need ANY window system AT ALL. > > We wouldnt have 2 os (kernel and X) at the same time > > like now. > > It would be faster, simpler, easier to manage etc. > > > And when the windowing system crashes it'll take the kernel down with it - ouch. > > And if I want to run a headless server without a graphical display I > can't simply stop the windowing system I'd have to rebuild a kernel > without the windowing system in it - yuck. Ey! That's very familiar to me and it's called Windows. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/