Comment So why does a server OS need a fast GUI? (Score 1) 206
Well, why does Linux need a text prompt?
Or a keyboard/video display driver?
We should all just use logic analyzers to
peek/poke the memory in our machines.
In other words, a UI of any sort is always useful.
Sure, some people find a text UI more efficient.
But just because it's "a server OS" does not
automatically mean it should be hard to use.
Even sysadmins, the people probably interacting
with the "server OSes", don't mind having a nice
dialog box popping up and telling them what is
wrong, and how to fix it, once in a while, instead
of trolling through /var/log/*, you know.
Whether it is in the kernel or not, that is
debatable, I'll grant. But as to whether it is
part of the OS, that is a rather pointless remark
you've made there.
Or a keyboard/video display driver?
We should all just use logic analyzers to
peek/poke the memory in our machines.
In other words, a UI of any sort is always useful.
Sure, some people find a text UI more efficient.
But just because it's "a server OS" does not
automatically mean it should be hard to use.
Even sysadmins, the people probably interacting
with the "server OSes", don't mind having a nice
dialog box popping up and telling them what is
wrong, and how to fix it, once in a while, instead
of trolling through
Whether it is in the kernel or not, that is
debatable, I'll grant. But as to whether it is
part of the OS, that is a rather pointless remark
you've made there.
