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The Linux kernel is fine.

The Linux kernel is fine. The biggest problem with the Linux ecosystem is that windowing systems and X-Window (and clones) in particular are an inefficient design. They're given up performance, increased complexity, and made writing applications more difficult than they need to be. The only trade-off people keep mentioning is "you can now run it over the network!!!" which is something few users do, and VNC (and similar remote desktop solutions) remain very popular (since remote windowing is complex and problem prone). Essentially I'd design the UI/GUI experience more akin to Android (or failing that at least monolithic like MS Windows, but without the Win32 problems). In 2015, it may be HTML5/JavaScript/CSS based like Windows Store/iOS/Android apps, as that seems to be the direction the market is heading anyway.

Posted by Someone1234 on May 22, 2015, 8:51 PM

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The Linux kernel is fine.

Someone1234May 22, 2015, 8:51 PM

The Linux kernel is fine. The biggest problem with the Linux ecosystem is that windowing systems and X-Window (and clones) in particular are an inefficient design. They're given up performance, increased complexity, and made writing applications more difficult than they need to be. The only trade-off people keep mentioning is "you can now run it over the network!!!" which is something few users do, and VNC (and similar remote desktop solutions) remain very popular (since remote windowing is complex and problem prone). Essentially I'd design the UI/GUI experience more akin to Android (or failing that at least monolithic like MS Windows, but without the Win32 problems). In 2015, it may be HTML5/JavaScript/CSS based like Windows Store/iOS/Android apps, as that seems to be the direction the market is heading anyway.

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