UNIX isn't UNIXish either by these standards
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| caitlyn Nov 30, 2009 5:05 PM EDT |
UNIX (BSD, any of the commercial variants) has X11. It has large apps that don't fit the model described. BSD and Solaris have desktop implementations that aren't all that different from Linux. It isn't just Linux. UNIX itself has changed with time and that old philosophy just doesn't fit today's computing realities. In some ways systems administration would be much easier if that philosophy could have been maintained but I just don't think that was realistically possible. |
| peragrin Nov 30, 2009 8:17 PM EDT |
Actually I would argue that the overall philosophy stands it is just that the basic requirements are getting much much larger. X11 while branching out into some basic areas, is just a graphic interface system. It doesn't do sound, just graphic input systems. Gnome or KDE are just desktop environments which are enhanced WM's. Each of those though breakdown into various sub functions most of which are independent. Modern computers are more than just command line apps. Bigger programs are the result us wanting them to do more. Not every application can be broken down. While X.org is making X11 more modular, still it really can't be broken into more pieces and still work together as tightly. |
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