I personally beleive that the problems lie with X11 rather then the Linux kernal. The kernal can be cut down easily however X11 does not preform the functionality as well as other GUI's (Like BeOS and MacOS X). A new GUI program designed especialy for the end user would make linux more accessable then the layers and layers of workarounds that currently used in X11.
Just my Personal POV.
I have enjoyed Sid Meier's games on Dos/Win platforms and this brings the games to my OS of choice. Loki are also helping Linux become mainstream with ports like this. For example many of my friends are windows users simply for the games. They enjoy the wide variety and abillity to play the latest and greatest games but lament the bugs and crashes. As more and more great games become available in linux this is a market that may also choose Linux as their OS of choice.
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I personally beleive that the problems lie with X11 rather then the Linux kernal. The kernal can be cut down easily however X11 does not preform the functionality as well as other GUI's (Like BeOS and MacOS X). A new GUI program designed especialy for the end user would make linux more accessable then the layers and layers of workarounds that currently used in X11. Just my Personal POV.
I have enjoyed Sid Meier's games on Dos/Win platforms and this brings the games to my OS of choice. Loki are also helping Linux become mainstream with ports like this. For example many of my friends are windows users simply for the games. They enjoy the wide variety and abillity to play the latest and greatest games but lament the bugs and crashes. As more and more great games become available in linux this is a market that may also choose Linux as their OS of choice.