Re: tlug: GGI

[Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com>]

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Scott Stone wrote:

> Ok, does anyone have any opinions/comments about GGI?  It looks neat, and
> if it is, it's going into TurboLinux 2.0, but I"d like to hear any
> comments from all of you, if you've used it.

It's not ready for prime time.  Linus regards GGI as evil, so the chances
of it ever actually going anywhere are somewhere between dicey and
nonexistent.

I agree with Linus on this one, by the way -- graphic drivers should be
done in userspace, not in kernelspace.

-- Chris

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