Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:52:16 schrieb Michael Mol: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, pk <pete...@coolmail.se> wrote: > > I think you need to take a closer look; it does support a lot of > > "modern" parts of the "stack" (as you call it); it's just focused on the > > things that matters (for an embedded system). It is the mindset that I'm > > after; it seems even kernel developers are thinking "oh, we have so much > > memory here so it doesn't matter if we use a few GB here" (yes, I'm > > exaggerating). Intel and AMD can't increase the clocks anymore so > > they've started to throw more hardware on the ever increasing demand for > > computing power... there will be a time when the "bloat" will take it's > > toll on more users. > > The kernel configuration process is actually very nice and very easy. > You an remove any features you don't want or need. (I'm referring to, > e.g. menuconfig. I haven't really used genkernel) > > The first time's the hardest. After you know what parts you need for a > given box, it's easy. > > >> Many of us actually like the modern features of the kernel, glibc, > >> udev, dbus, systemd, pulseaudio, glib, X.org, GStreamer, Gtk+ and > > > > There's a lot of people that like Windows 7 and MacOS X too, I hear. > > What the ultimate goal (in my view) for systemd, pulseaudio etc. seems > > to be is to mimic (poorly) the mentioned OS's. > > FWIW, PulseAudio predates Windows Vista, Windows 7, even MacOS X. I > ran it on a 200MHz machine back when it was called Enlightenment Sound > Daemon.
Pulseaudio was meant to be a drop in replacement for ESD but AFAIK that is where the common grounds end. Pulseaudio was not ESD and ESD is not Pulseaudio. Plus ESD has/had a less than good reputation to say it politely. -- #163933
