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What would your ideal Operating System be like?
Target:
* transparent
* lean and mean
* stable & secure (in that you can't hack it to do something it's not supposed to, not as in firewalling etc)
* standard interface - no eye candy
* no applications (it's an operating system, dammit!!)
* single version
* simple(?) API
An operating system should be just that - a platform on which applications can be run.
If you want a firewall, add one. If you want a text editor, add one. If you want a browser, add one
Do not force me to carry dozens of applications that I'll never use and which have nothing whatsoever to do with the actual operating system
zridling:
Hmmm.... seems like mouser, kartal, and Target stole my thunder.
* Every superfluous driver would be stripped, and every extraneous piece of code placed onto a spare DVD to be used only if we called for it.
* Remove all but the core command sets. All obscure executable items and 99% of such things as fonts, sounds, and stock photos should be loaded only when requested. Ask for the media or, better yet, download it from a secure/authenticated Web site at run-time, when needed. This alone would allow most operating systems to be held on a single gigabyte USB stick. No flexibility would be denied. Bloat would evaporate.
* Stability of Linux.
* Speed of Windows x64 versions.
* VMWare would be mandatory.
* Rock-solid, stupid-easy data backup.
* Choice of filesystems -- Ext3, WinFS, Reiser, or ZFS. GPL them so we no longer must appease proprietary, standards-less, incompatible applications. And make them run on all processor families (no special flavors).
* The greatest text editor ever conceived by the human mind.
Eóin:
1) no appearance customization /skinning. enforce a completely standardized user interface. I think predictability of user interface and good guidelines for coders is important.
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6) a focus on providing a clean object oriented API for programs. The entire focus of the operating system should be in providing a clean efficient interface to coders.-mouser (August 14, 2008, 01:13 AM)
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Not sure I agree there, sure making life easier for programmers could mean more quality programs but would it really? Honestly I don't think so.
And at the end of the day I can't see users caring how difficult or not the OS is for developers.
housetier:
error free.
no surprises.
Gothi[c]:
error free.
no surprises.
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One can dream :) I think this is one of the most unachievable things so far :D
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