Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem

[Markiyan Kushnir]

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2011-July/231832.html

Already read and discussed/flamed here.

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Markiyan.

On 22.08.2012 13:29, Michel Talon wrote:
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> David Jackson said:
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>> In reference to the claims that systemd developers "do not care about
>> portability", this is deceptive and misleading.
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> You should read the following interview of Lennart Poettering
> http://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943
> The amount of hubris and self confidence he deploys is really
> astounding. I will just quote two extracts:
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> " LinuxFr.org : Systemd use a lot of Linux only technologies (cgroups,
> udev, fanotify, timerfd, signalfd, etc). Do you really think the Linux
> API has been taking the role of the POSIX API and the other systems are
> irrelevant ?
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> Lennart : Yes, I don't think BSD is really too relevant anymore, and I
> think that this implied requirement for compatibility with those systems
> when somebody hacks software for the free desktop or ecosystem is a
> burden, and holds us back for little benefit.  "
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> and cherry on the cake
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> "LinuxFr.org : Why Linux desktop hasn't been adopted by the
> mainstream users ? Linus Torvalds seems to think it's mostly a social
> issue and not a technical one. Do you agree with him ?
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> Lennart : I think we weren't innovative enough in the interface, and we
> didn't have a convincing message and clear platform. If you accept MacOS
> as benchmark for user interfaces, then we weren't really matching it, at
> best copying it. I think this is changing now, with GNOME 3 which is a
> big step forward as an interface for Linux and for the first time is
> something that has been strictly designed under UI design guidelines.
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