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> Do one thing well. Do you really demand that an OS should only 'do one thing well'? :ø)

• rthomas6 12y ago
  Well, yes. That's what makes Unix OSes so great. Programs all the way down to the command line are separate from the OS. Modules and drivers are also semantically separate from the core.
  • Dewie 12y ago
    So how would you envision that the Emacs OS should be structured/used?
    • rthomas6 12y ago
      Something like this: sudo aptitude purge emacs sudo apt-get install vim gvim gvim Edit: Clearly I'm joking. If you wanted a serious answer, Emacs is just a large, easily extensible program. It's not really an OS. That's like saying Google Chrome (contains a package manager, web browser, text editor, scripting language, and much more) is an OS.
      • SoftwareMaven 12y ago
        You have heard of Chromebooks, right? It wouldn't be a far stretch to imagine a developer laptop where Emacs was the entire interface.
        • rthomas6 12y ago
          Chrome OS runs on a Linux kernel. Linux is the core OS for Chromebooks. Similarly, an "Emacs OS" would need a real OS underneath it.
          • tuhdo 12y ago
            Emeacs is an OS. It just needs its own kernel.