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Moving the Linux Kernel Console To User-Space

Posted by Soulskill on from the cuddly-console-seeks-loving-home dept.

jones_supa sends this quote from Phoronix: "David Herrmann has provided an update on his ambitious initiative to kill off the Linux kernel console. Herrmann has long been working on making the Linux kernel CONFIG_VT option unnecessary for providing a Linux console by punting it off to user-space. The Linux kernel VT console hasn't been changed much in the past two decades and Herrmann is hoping to see it replaced with a user-space solution he's been developing that would allow for multi-seat support, a hardware-accelerated console, full internalization, and other features."

6 of 311 comments (clear)

  1. Re:good thinking HA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This could be an essential part of GNOME 3!

  2. I Can't Wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can;t wait to hear Linus' response to this plan. I expect it to be something like...

    How 'bout noh! You crazy Dutch bastard.

  3. Re:Rule no 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but the first rule of Linux is: If it ain't broke, take it apart and compile your own

  4. Re:Rule no 1 by idontgno · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it still works, you haven't fixed it enough.

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    Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
  5. Re:good thinking HA! by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think it should require Unity and a touchscreen

  6. Re:good thinking HA! by greg1104 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I await the new console with gesture support. There is one gesture I regularly make to systems that are so broken I have to use the console.