Sounds like you want it like windows, but drop legacy support for 32 and 16bit modes. I'm sure if MS could do that, then their product stability and performance would improve greatly. I don't know any developers that want to have backwards-compatibility, but it is a must.
I like the idea of dropping X and going with frame buffers, BUT you lose a LOT there. X is more than rendering to screen, it's a very useful network protocol, and with graphical thin clients taking off, it is more important than ever.
Rather than wasting time on a new OS, I'd just get all hardware vendors to ship linux drivers, and that'd take care of most of the problems.
Linux is also in a growing phase - new apps are always coming out. Once it settles down, you'll see linux become what you want.
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Posted by: Scorp1us on October 24, 2003 09:27 PMI like the idea of dropping X and going with frame buffers, BUT you lose a LOT there. X is more than rendering to screen, it's a very useful network protocol, and with graphical thin clients taking off, it is more important than ever.
Rather than wasting time on a new OS, I'd just get all hardware vendors to ship linux drivers, and that'd take care of most of the problems.
Linux is also in a growing phase - new apps are always coming out. Once it settles down, you'll see linux become what you want.
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