Re: A newbie's view

[Jeremy Katz <katzj@linuxpower.org>]

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Thomas Womack wrote:
> > The real question is, *is* there anything obvious - aside from
> > drivers, and new drivers will always be needed - missing from the
> > kernel?
> 
> Well, what do you think?  Is there something obvious missing
> or are it just our perfectionistic and sick minds that want
> something to be missing...

Of course... Linux is currently doing a good job at competing with
commercial Unices, but to really compete, we're going to have to feature
match these things.  Which includes things such as logical volumes,
journaling filesystems, ACLs, ...  Also, for the desktop front, we need
things such as USB, true plug and play support, easier kernel
configuration, DVD support.  So, I can think of a bunch of things which
need to be added.  If I just had a clue on how to start on any of these I
would ;)

Jeremy
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