OSNews > Thread > "RE: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!" by Vanders

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 28th Jun 2007 20:35 UTC, submitted by Vanders

Kaj de Vos made two big announcements at SylCon 2007. The first was a new web browser, based on a port of WebKit. The second is Syllable Server, which will bring together the Syllable GUI with the Linux kernel to create a server operating system that compliments Syllable on the desktop. Syllable Server is not based on any existing Linux distribution and will look and feel as much like Syllable as possible.

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RE: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!

by Vanders on Thu 28th Jun 2007 21:36 UTC in reply to "I love the userland/GUI port to linux!"

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2005-07-06

I hope that after this server OS is developed, the Syllable team will see this as the direction to take the desktop and abandon the ATheOS core.

We will not be dropping the Syllable Desktop kernel for Linux. Syllable Server is a complement to Syllable Desktop, not a replacement. The Syllable kernel is great for desktop users, Linux is great for servers. The inverse is not true.

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RE[2]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!

by KugelKurt on Thu 28th Jun 2007 23:02 in reply to "RE: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!"

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2005-07-06

Huh? Why Linux for Syllable Server? Why not OpenSolaris?

I'm not trying to troll, but IMHO Linux is somewhere in the middle between server and desktop. (Open)Solaris -- as its state is right now -- is probably the best open source server OS available.

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RE[3]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!

by smitty on Fri 29th Jun 2007 01:57 in reply to "RE[2]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!"

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2005-10-13

I can't speak for them, but I'm betting they like the larger community and better hardware support.

Why do you think OpenSolaris is so much better for a server, just DTrace and ZFS or something more?

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RE[3]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!

by renox on Fri 29th Jun 2007 08:13 in reply to "RE[2]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!"

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2005-07-06

Becaue the Linux kernel has much more driver than OpenSolaris I guess?

Even for servers, this matter..

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RE[3]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!

by Vanders on Fri 29th Jun 2007 08:21 in reply to "RE[2]: I love the userland/GUI port to linux!"

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2005-07-06

Things like hardware support, ease of integration and licenses (Both Linux & Syllable kernels and userland are mostly GPL & LGPL) are the main reasons. DirectFB is also a pretty good one.

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