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If protected memory was implemented somehow per desktop environment and relegated me to choosing between Gnome and KDEs respective browsers/office suites instea
by michaelmrose 4y ago
If protected memory was implemented somehow per desktop environment and relegated me to choosing between Gnome and KDEs respective browsers/office suites instead of installing Firefox and Emacs I would either eschew it and take the risk or give up on Linux entirely and get a Mac.
- indolering 4y ago> If protected memory was implemented somehow per desktop environment I'm sure LOTS of people stopped using certain Unix programs that relied on a single address space whenever that was implemented. But to quote myself a few relies up, >> These are not compelling arguments for running the GUI as root or allowing different applications to spy on each other. > or give up on Linux entirely and get a Mac. You mean the Unix that originally decided against using X11 because it would have required a re-write to do what they wanted anyway [1]? You understand that Wayland was designed by core Xorg contributors to replace X11 because attempts to match OS X resulted in a glitchy nightmare ... right? [1]: https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=75257&cid=6734612 https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=75257&cid=6734612