Some thoughts for the future

Stefan Held obi at unixkiste.org
Thu Jun 30 13:21:27 UTC 2005


Am Mittwoch, den 29.06.2005, 14:25 -0700 schrieb Richard Kelsch:
> Since Fedora is supposed to be "bleeding-edge," I have thought of a few 
> things that may be cool for the future, not just for Fedora but Linux in 
> general:
> 
> *  How about the ability to install via SRPMS for the specific CPU 
> platform I'm using?  In other words, as an advanced install option, 
> allow me to have the installer use the SRPMS instead of the precompiled 
> RPMS, and allow me to define the compiler optimizations for CPU etc.  
> That would be cool.  Ok, a slow install, but this isn't a production OS, 
> so why not?  I hate having an Athlon-XP running code optimized for a 
> P4.  Sure, an install could take days, but it would be an option I'd 
> use.  Why?  Because I can and it's certainly bleeding-edge.

Kewl open your editor and start to code.


> *  How about the ability to clone the configured and working version on 
> my hardrive to be burned on a DVD (dual layer and blue beam makes this 
> possible) for easy portability?
> 

Well, a tip for you: Open your editor and start to code.

> *  Someone needs to make X more display hardware friendly.
> 

Hmm, what about starting coding?

> *  Gnome and KDE are nice and such, but even Apple knew how to exploit 
> the display hardware to make a cool interface.  So much so that MS is 
> trying to copy and "improve" it for their next release.  There's more to 
> a gui now days than skinning.  Fedora needs a cooler looking GUI.
> 

Well, port the MacOS stuff to linux.

> *  Better documentation of changes that could result in problems with 
> legacy software, and techniques on how to fix them, instead of the usual 
> "we took [this] out" without further explanation.
> 

Guess what, open your editor and start writing documentation.

> Can you immagine a day when the Fedora List has nothing but praise 
> instead of a plethora of problems?  One can dream....
> 

Sure, thats when every one who has wishes is sitting at his desk and is
doing something to get the stuff done.


> Rich
> 


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