Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 20:30:26 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: doug@safeport.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sour grapes .. was FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation Message-ID: <CADGWnjVafE68Aa_aHugU7L-hccea63Ahxha-mCm5Oy0nGVfKnA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201011223130.15394@fledge.watson.org> References: <CAGy-%2Bi-m7hUfrUPKaG6FAiv8cor6%2BWXUW-OwWA=uOAt0yDToag@mail.gmail.com> <201112302138.pBULcZfw076474@mail.r-bonomi.com> <CAO6-GAf=fjs4awwFVYPA2h-UNmA3Oa0-qj%2BPmCE8mi590N618w@mail.gmail.com> <4EFF19A7.2060800@ose.nl> <CAGy-%2Bi_SatydS_=a_pOVN6uwBfN2rU7kYWy78Ug=Nq=j3WrrAA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGy-%2Bi_QW78ezYv22YGUg3UCNa4xWdAnKfPMkQxGBfmmiDjK0g@mail.gmail.com> <4EFF94CA.3050304@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120101064247.3e8b0b56@scorpio> <4F00580D.1060208@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120101091420.117aa8f3@scorpio> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201011223130.15394@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:41 PM, doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> wrote: > That said, FreeBSD has a giant disadvantage in the desktop world. In trying > to find if there will be any sort for my current laptop I came across a > comment from Robert Noland saying that Xorg is becoming more and more Linux > centric. That is a problem the FreeBSD project can not overcome. Did he mean frameworks like evdev(4) and so? http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man4/evdev.4.html Stuff like this really ought to be backported to FreeBSD, either directly or by providing more Linuxisms on our side. It only shows that our Linuxulator framework isn't compatible enough with Linux and needs to be extended. There's no /technical/ reason why it can't be done. And yes, it's a pain. But if most 3rd party software developers converge towards a Linux "standard" (whatever that moving target "standard" may be), we may have to inch towards this standard too. That kind of convergence happened in the Unix world all the time, including with POSIX. Now Linux is the new de facto standard platform the 3rd party software, we may as well adapt FreeBSD/Linuxulator. Kind regards and a Happy New Year. ;-) -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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