Re: Suggestions for the Future of Linux
From: richard -rw- weinberger
Date: Fri Sep 07 2012 - 15:56:14 EST
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Angela Bernard <agelbernard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peoples, we're entering a new era of tech - so let's get Linux going
> the way people want it to.
>
> 1: Remove ethernet support. Ethernet is just bloat - devices only have
> it for the stubborn old geezers. Other than that, no one really uses
> it. Get over it.
>
> http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/12/13/is-it-the-end-for-ethernet/
>
> Who expects that thick cabling running through our offices? I don't!
>
> 2: Remove multi-monitor support
>
> The new way for technology is mobile. The desktop is dead, and Linux
> on the desktop has been deader than dead since it was conceived. No
> one, even on the desktop space, really even uses multi-monitors,
> anyways.
>
> 3: Remove support for multiple users - no one really expects a single
> device to be used by two people!
>
> 4: Ending optical drive support - when's the last time you ever bought
> something on disk for use in your Linux box? The CD, DVD and Blu-Ray
> are today what the Floppy was 15 years ago - obsolete and yet still in
> use - where you need multiple disks for one thing - And even most
> people's internet are faster than a CD drive.
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Thanks,
//richard
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