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[Apostolos Syropoulos]

> 
> while "Kernel Mode Setting" is kernel related, it is of no 
> significance for distros running on servers.
> 

But it is of paramount importance to those running desktops!
Remember that Linux became popular because it is reliable
alternative to both Windows and MacOS as a desktop system.


> "OpenOffice/LibreOffice and some other tools like gimp 2.8.0" however 
> are definitely not kernel related.


I think I made this clear: these are user-land related things.

 
> Your statement "To me it would be a good idea to join forces to improve the
> kernel as well as the user-land ..." is wrong, however, because there are

No it is correct. We join forces and then each of us does whatever he/she
can do best.


> 
> I would love all of the changes you've suggested to be implemented, and
> have (in the past) some limited luck getting LibreOffice compiled, but I
> don't have the skills to work with the kernel, or the time, and I will (at
> the moment) allow the guys who are working on it to keep working on it.
> 
 

Each year I compile TeXLive binaries for OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana and I try
to make the source compilable for Solaris. If everyone who is not a kernel
guru could do that for something he/she likes  then things would be far
better.

A.S.



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Apostolos Syropoulos
Xanthi, Greece