Comments on: Linux Driver Development Exploding http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mats Hellman http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-14078 Mats Hellman Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:46:19 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-14078 Here you go. http://www.nixadmins.net/2009/02/06/linux-ready-for-the-massesdesktops/ Here you go.
http://www.nixadmins.net/2009/02/06/linux-ready-for-the-massesdesktops/

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-14077 Riyad Kalla Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:43:08 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-14077 No problem, please post a link to the article when done! No problem, please post a link to the article when done!

]]> By: Mats Hellman http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-14076 Mats Hellman Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:41:46 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-14076 I agree with you there Riyad. You actually got me motivated to write a few lines about this so thanks for that. I agree with you there Riyad. You actually got me motivated to write a few lines about this so thanks for that.

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-14073 Riyad Kalla Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:20:24 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-14073 Mats, I actually drafted up an article in 2008 that was "The Year of Linux Desktop... Bullshit", but didn't want to deal with the flames from the community... without a commercial, single-minded drive I don't see Linux ever dominating any desktop environments... what Linux has given us though is a platform to build off of that isn't Mac and isn't Windows -- and I'm actually seeing this prove to be more useful in the mobile space more than anything (netbooks and lighter)... given that mobile devices are going to carry us into the Future, it may not be the Ubuntu's of the future that dominate Windows, it might just be the core Linux kernel and base systems that dominate our devices... that's still pretty cool. Makes me wonder if Linux was never the tool needed to dominate the desktop -- it was always a tool used to solve the problem of servers and mobile devices, but Microsoft and Apple pretty much have the desktop on lockdown. Sort of like giving a hammer to workers that already had nailguns... they probably didn't need the hammer, but that's not to say the hammer isn't useful as heck elsewhere. Mats,

I actually drafted up an article in 2008 that was “The Year of Linux Desktop… Bullshit”, but didn’t want to deal with the flames from the community… without a commercial, single-minded drive I don’t see Linux ever dominating any desktop environments… what Linux has given us though is a platform to build off of that isn’t Mac and isn’t Windows — and I’m actually seeing this prove to be more useful in the mobile space more than anything (netbooks and lighter)… given that mobile devices are going to carry us into the Future, it may not be the Ubuntu’s of the future that dominate Windows, it might just be the core Linux kernel and base systems that dominate our devices… that’s still pretty cool.

Makes me wonder if Linux was never the tool needed to dominate the desktop — it was always a tool used to solve the problem of servers and mobile devices, but Microsoft and Apple pretty much have the desktop on lockdown.

Sort of like giving a hammer to workers that already had nailguns… they probably didn’t need the hammer, but that’s not to say the hammer isn’t useful as heck elsewhere.

]]> By: Mats Hellman http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-14059 Mats Hellman Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:26:18 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-14059 And now we are a bit into 2009 and still it's not the year of the Linux desktop. It's a great operating system but let's all face it. Even if we, geeks, administrators etc are using Linux it will never be used by the masses. And now we are a bit into 2009 and still it’s not the year of the Linux desktop. It’s a great operating system but let’s all face it. Even if we, geeks, administrators etc are using Linux it will never be used by the masses.

]]> By: Alex http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5973 Alex Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:54:54 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5973 Actually one of my friends first read this article and asked me to visit this page. It’s really amazing to read this description of this article. This article has very useful information, it will be helpful for many. Thank you so much for your help and for your efforts. Thanks, Alex http://www.NobleHelp.org Actually one of my friends first read this article and asked me to visit this page.
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]]> By: The “Break it Down” Blog » Blog Archive » GIMP 2 for Photographers http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5898 The “Break it Down” Blog » Blog Archive » GIMP 2 for Photographers Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:39:29 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5898 [...] for most folks and “not even close” for professional photographers, but recently, as with the rest of Linux, it’s gotten a lot better with the major 2.4 release looming any day now meaning some major [...] [...] for most folks and “not even close” for professional photographers, but recently, as with the rest of Linux, it’s gotten a lot better with the major 2.4 release looming any day now meaning some major [...]

]]> By: Marcus http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5896 Marcus Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:42:51 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5896 Sure it will explode, because the companies have not to do the whole work and to pay a good linux programmer with linux kernel skill. But a very fine idea from Greg. Thanks! Sure it will explode, because the companies have not to do the whole work and to pay a good linux programmer with linux kernel skill. But a very fine idea from Greg. Thanks!

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5886 Riyad Kalla Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:52:00 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5886 2007 is crossed out because I think it's the year Linux made all the advancements necessary to hook into the desktop market... I think 2008 *will* be the year of the Linux desktop though. 2007 is crossed out because I think it’s the year Linux made all the advancements necessary to hook into the desktop market… I think 2008 *will* be the year of the Linux desktop though.

]]> By: This is the year http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5882 This is the year Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:22:40 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5882 Why is 2007 crossed out? Considering how many advances have been brought this year, I think this really is the year of linux. Why is 2007 crossed out? Considering how many advances have been brought this year, I think this really is the year of linux.

]]> By: Website Design http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5879 Website Design Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:19:28 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5879 I love that Linux is evolving into something so great. I'm so sick of hearing of people refuse to try linux because of driver support. Lame. I love that Linux is evolving into something so great. I’m so sick of hearing of people refuse to try linux because of driver support. Lame.

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5875 Riyad Kalla Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:22:33 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5875 Kyle, the more coverage the better. Thanks for following up! Kyle, the more coverage the better. Thanks for following up!

]]> By: Kyle Brady http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5871 Kyle Brady Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:08:22 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5871 I did a little writeup as well over at my blog this morning... http://www.kyle-brady.com I did a little writeup as well over at my blog this morning…

http://www.kyle-brady.com

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 Riyad Kalla Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:47:34 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5870 Brian you are absolutely right. The desktop has always been fuzzy... Linux needed driver support and app support to get crazy penetration, but vendors didn't want to invest the time without the penetration. Then the Linux community set out and started taking care of the application situation (with some awesome desktops like SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora) and now with the push of Linux on embedded devices, I think companies in general aren't just rolling it out as a platform internally, but are developing for it as a side effect of it being more in their field of view. This awesome work initiated by Greg I think is going to just explode and push Linux a big step forward. The real thread to Linux now, is itself and a possible fork. That would split efforts and just generally suck for everyone :( Brian you are absolutely right.

The desktop has always been fuzzy… Linux needed driver support and app support to get crazy penetration, but vendors didn’t want to invest the time without the penetration. Then the Linux community set out and started taking care of the application situation (with some awesome desktops like SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora) and now with the push of Linux on embedded devices, I think companies in general aren’t just rolling it out as a platform internally, but are developing for it as a side effect of it being more in their field of view.

This awesome work initiated by Greg I think is going to just explode and push Linux a big step forward.

The real thread to Linux now, is itself and a possible fork.

That would split efforts and just generally suck for everyone :(

]]> By: Brian Green http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5869 Brian Green Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:44:19 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5869 It's great to see the Linux community finally getting some serious support on drivers. With more and more people adopting linux as their OS of choice, it's becoming more important to provide quality GPL drivers for the various configurations out there. Keep it up and the world might finally be out from under the thumb of Micro$oft. It’s great to see the Linux community finally getting some serious support on drivers. With more and more people adopting linux as their OS of choice, it’s becoming more important to provide quality GPL drivers for the various configurations out there.

Keep it up and the world might finally be out from under the thumb of Micro$oft.

]]> By: Brian Turner http://www.breakitdownblog.com/linux-driver-development-exploding/comment-page-1/#comment-5868 Brian Turner Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:34:31 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/10/02/linux-driver-development-exploding/#comment-5868 Linux is certainly on a roll with the wider consumer community, not least now Dell ships them, so the linux community will need to keep up as consumer demand starts really demanding. :) Linux is certainly on a roll with the wider consumer community, not least now Dell ships them, so the linux community will need to keep up as consumer demand starts really demanding. :)

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