Am Montag 19 September 2011, 16:21:08 schrieb Paul Colquhoun: > 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.
there are at least two kinds of servers - those who don't need bells and whistles and run happily on an intel atom. And those who really do need bells and whistles. I am sure you wouldn't want to build such from scratch. Luckily as a desktop linux user I do not have to care about those guys. And these guys don't have to care about me. Isn't that great? -- #163933
