Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 6th Nov 2002 00:19 UTC
Yeah, I might be just re-inventing the wheel here, who knows? But I had this (original? I doubt it) idea a few months ago and I was meant to write about it for some time now. So, my idea is about creating a new operating system that is like none of the current ones. It would be so different, that porting applications from other "traditional" systems wouldn't be possible. But the gains would be much more important of what we would lose by implementing a brand new new system.
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I also think current kernels are satisfactory. Applications are fine too, just breaking them into functional modules will not solve the problems of useability. When working with modules, other problems will arise, like too many dependencies or dupplications, incompatible interfaces, and we can have the same problems as with applications.
IMHO we just need a completely new OS GUI, with a document centric approach. It should completely hide the file system layout from the user, and it should lack file manager/explorer application. User will not generaly care where are their files stored, on a hard disk, a removable media or on the internet, the system will care about that. Are my files backed up? Leave it to the system. What can I do with this picture? The system will tell me.
BTW changes at the kernel or intermediate levels may still be needed, but I dont see them as first priority. This is where Open Source flexibility may come usefull.