Linked by Kroc Camen on Thu 5th Nov 2009 21:05 UTC
There's no right way to do it, only ideas that are better than others in certain situations. But if you had the opportunity to head up the design of a new OS, one to Put Things Right, one that could be radical enough to varnish out those UI/X bumps that have clung on for years, but practical enough to be used every day, what would you design? How would you handle application management? What about file types and compatibility? Where would you cherry pick the best bits from other OSes and where would you throw away tradition? I've tackled this challenge for myself and present (an unfinished idea): KrocOS (warning: HTML5 site, will display without CSS in IE/older browsers). OSnews Asks: What would make your perfect OS?
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We should be so lucky as to have interface specs overwhelmingly provided by hardware manufacturers.
Aren't driver issues now managed like a bug found anywhere else in the kernel source tree? The glut of hardware supported natively in the kernel is staggering even if it's not 90% of desktop latest hardware.
I still like the example of Creative who started an open source X-FI driver then chose to hand it off to Alsa with full documentation. When they lost interest in the project, they performed a project lead's final duty; find a new project lead to carry on.