A new definition of libraries (was: Linux Installation)

[Dan Shafer]

Let me be clear up front that I am far from a Linux expert. I *am* a KDE
user. And the last post here brought me to a point of remembering what a
colleague of mine who IS a serious Linux guy told me a couple of weeks ago
in another context. Direct quotation:

"Linux is the only OS for which there are many windowing environments. If
Windows had multiple UIs, you'd have the same problem there. You don't. So
it's not really proper to discuss 'Linux compatibility.' The issue is KDE
compatibility or Gnome compatibility. Within those constraints, an
application can be said to run on a particular windowing environment or on
multiple windowing environments. But anyone who tells you they have an app
that runs on every version of Linux has a very simplistic app or a very
simplistic understanding of what constitutes Linux."

That makes sense to me. Maybe it doesn't help clarify this discussion, but
it makes sense to me.

On 6/10/06, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
>
> Bob Warren wrote:
>
> > What I am trying to ask is this:
> >
> > I produce a "Hello world" standalone application in Rev Linux. Will it
> > run without problems on every known Linux?
>
> "Linux"?  Probably, but that means no GUI.
>
> If by "every" you mean every window manager that sits on top of Linux,
> that's a maybe for Rev just as it is for RB and many others.
>
> The problem here is the casual disregard for consistency among the many
> unrelated window managers.  When all but one of them either go away or
> become relegated to specialized uses, not only with GUI app makers have
> a much better time writing for it, but the Linux desktop market will at
> last grow to the levels the kernel deserves.
>
> Until then, the mine's-more-precious-than-yours approach to making the
> unnecessary plethora of window managers that sit on top of Linux is
> hurting developers' productivity as much as it's hurting their own
> evangelism of Linux.
>
> --
>   Richard Gaskin
>   Managing Editor, revJournal
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