On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:31:56 AM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> Just don't expect everybody to run our systems without the modern > parts of the stack just because a Commodore 64 cannot run it. > > Many of us actually like the modern features of the kernel, glibc, > udev, dbus, systemd, pulseaudio, glib, X.org, GStreamer, Gtk+ and > GNOME (or Qt and KDE). In my case (and I have used Linux for a long > time), the whole stack looks full of awsomeness, and stuff just works > most of the time. > > So yeah, we use more CPU cycles, more memory and more hard drive. From > my POV, we get more than that in new and improved functionality. Just don't forget that the desktop isn't the whole world, and allow the backroom server guys to turn off all the bells, whistles and pretty lights so they can get the best performance from their web servers, mail servers, DNS servers, etc. -- Reverend Paul Colquhoun, ULC. http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.
