[2564] in Release_7.7_team
Things I'd change about Linux Athena if I could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Tue Jan 30 23:15:07 2001
Message-ID: <suRt539z0001BaUEcV@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:14:59 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@MIT.EDU
CC: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
1. I'd find a way to keep etherboot more up to date, and able to handle
the widest possible variety of NIC's.
2. I'd find a way to further refine the monitor configuration. Perhaps its
obvious to everyone else that after I select "Generic LCD 1024x768" from
the monitors list that I STILL have invoke the Customize Monitors page
and hand select 1024x768x32 to override an attempt to drive at 1280x1024.
(This is going to be a problem with laptops.)
3. I'd find a way to make sure that the default things that Linux
detects are kept more in synch with the default things vendors sell.
It's probable that companies like HP will just quit bundling together
peripherals that used to work with Linux in favor of those that are
newer and cheaper. Microsoft handles this by creating custom images for
each pre-install. If Linux Athena is going to presume to have a
pre-install, then it needs to evolve to be as responsive as the
competition from Microsoft.
-wdc
