[indiana-discuss] Tim's 0.02

[Gary Gendel]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 10/06/07, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:
>> This is a very nice list. But it would be nice to expand it. For
>> example the
>> power management doesn't work on my Dell 5160 even though it should.
>> The APIC?
>> tables need to be supplied somehow and there is minimal information
>> on how to do
>> this. Since Windows/Linux has no trouble with power management, Solaris
>> shouldn't either. With Intel 3945abg support, I can finally think
>> about putting
>> OpenSolaris on my Lenovo laptop after a year.
>
> Remember that Power Management does not work "perfectly" on Linux. Its
> certainly far more progressed than on Solaris, but there are many
> angry laptop owners that prove that it does not work perfectly. Unless
> of course you are referring to your Dell 5160 for which I cannot
> speak.
>
> Power Management also doesn't work perfectly on Windows either (at
> least not on my desktop though its supposed to).
>
> Its one of those things that requires the support of every device,
> driver, and piece of software in the system to work "just right."
>
> Power Management highlights one of my growing concerns about people
> and this project. Every since it was announced I've seen people add to
> a "wishlist" of things they want to see this project do.
>
> However, what they seem to not realise is that there are already many
> projects going on right now to give them the things they are asking
> for. There are already a few Power Management related projects on
> opensolaris.org to improve Power Management in OpenSolaris. There are
> already projects to improve the installer, bundled software, improve
> hardware support, the desktop, etc.
>
> I think it would be great to have this project as an "umbrella
> project" to put all of that other work going on together since its
> already being done.
+1
To have some overseer that could prioritize these things and put them
all together when possible would be great.

>> I heartily agree here. The only issue is that the system requirements
>> of the JDS
>> is growing each release. Let's keep in mind that people want this on
>> current
>> generation laptops.
>
> It is? In what way is the requirement growing other than disk space?
> Do you have any specifics?
256 Mb RAM was plenty sufficient for B49, at B64a it is starting to
become a problem.
>> Fuse is another prime example of something that is really needed now.
>> It would
>> provide access to network and local file systems that are becoming more
>> routinely used. The fuse team seems to be moving along but I still
>> don't see the
>> light at the end of the tunnel.
>
> Quite a bit of progress is being made on FUSE, as is other projects.
> I'm subscribed to way more opensolaris.org mailing lists than I
> probably should be (or was a short time ago), so I can assure you
> there is plenty of progress on many fronts ;)
>
No argument from me, there is a lot of progress on many fronts over many
months but no real schedule. What I feel is necessary by an overseeing
organization is a planned feature release schedule, as Ubuntu and others
do. It will allow us to determine when it will have the critical mass
needed to deploy based upon our needs.

Gary