OK we have KDE and Gnome and a great moltitude of window managers and desktop apps. I think the real problem remains X(Free): it's too heavy and it doesn't provide any form of widget directly. Maybe I am wrong but what we need is a linux kernel with a decent, fast, reliable and self-contained GUI (please don't forget the "classic" tty shell such as bash). What we get today is a GUI with tons of layers (CORBA, DCOP, QT, GTK, and so on...) that reduce the performances and create a lot of problems during compiling because the incredible number of libs dependencies. If someone needs X, well, he could use it in "rootless" mode on the GUI as already happen in Mac OS X. A simple installer should complete this visionary desktop-oriented distribuition of Linux.
...and they also ignore the difference between a PC and a CONSOLE.
A PC will never be a console 'cause a PC is a "general porpouse" machine and its hardware is not optimized for gaming.
This won't mean PCs suck on gaming, this only means consoles can do the same job with less hardware and (in the most of cases) software.
Microsoft, with the Xbox, killed the very unique PC architectural advantage: expansion.
If I can see right, there are no expansion slots, so I'm getting a PC with everything integrated in mother board and no possibilities to upgrade the "hardware core" (GPU, CPU...).
Still I don't understand why Microsoft has decided to use a "customized PC" instead of a real console architecture designed from the ground up: they have the engineering (if they dont't have it, they can buy it;-]) , they have the resources, they have the money for creating something really new, but they don't...
I want to say Microsoft only one thing: "MSX".
>1) The components look awfully cramped. But that's not really surprising considering that it's essentially a PC crammed into a console box - size matters.
Did you never open a Compaq/HP PC (a DeskPro, i.e.)?;)
>3) I wonder how much noise the box will make after 3 months woth of dust and use... TWO fans (if not 3?) is awfully muich for a console - in my experience.
In my experience too; it should be like to have a vacuum cleaner on your tv set...
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OK we have KDE and Gnome and a great moltitude of window managers and desktop apps.
I think the real problem remains X(Free): it's too heavy and it doesn't provide any form of widget directly.
Maybe I am wrong but what we need is a linux kernel with a decent, fast, reliable and self-contained GUI (please don't forget the "classic" tty shell such as bash).
What we get today is a GUI with tons of layers (CORBA, DCOP, QT, GTK, and so on...) that reduce the performances and create a lot of problems during compiling because the incredible number of libs dependencies.
If someone needs X, well, he could use it in "rootless" mode on the GUI as already happen in Mac OS X.
A simple installer should complete this visionary desktop-oriented distribuition of Linux.
...and they also ignore the difference between a PC and a CONSOLE. ;-]) , they have the resources, they have the money for creating something really new, but they don't...
A PC will never be a console 'cause a PC is a "general porpouse" machine and its hardware is not optimized for gaming.
This won't mean PCs suck on gaming, this only means consoles can do the same job with less hardware and (in the most of cases) software.
Microsoft, with the Xbox, killed the very unique PC architectural advantage: expansion.
If I can see right, there are no expansion slots, so I'm getting a PC with everything integrated in mother board and no possibilities to upgrade the "hardware core" (GPU, CPU...).
Still I don't understand why Microsoft has decided to use a "customized PC" instead of a real console architecture designed from the ground up: they have the engineering (if they dont't have it, they can buy it
I want to say Microsoft only one thing: "MSX".
Bye.
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>1) The components look awfully cramped. But that's not really surprising considering that it's essentially a PC crammed into a console box - size matters. Did you never open a Compaq/HP PC (a DeskPro, i.e.)? ;)
>3) I wonder how much noise the box will make after 3 months woth of dust and use... TWO fans (if not 3?) is awfully muich for a console - in my experience.
In my experience too; it should be like to have a vacuum cleaner on your tv set...
-=|MkS=-