__/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Friday 16 February 2007 23:29 \__
> [snips]
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:19:59 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> X.Org 7.2 Finally Ships
>
>> http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NDg4MA
>>
>> Being separate from the kernel, this enables all the bling and simplifies
>> development of more of it.
>
> Not to mention having somewhat less likelihood that a glitch in the GUI is
> going to result in a kernel-level exploit.
Unless of course you put the binary drivers right inside (or alongside) the
kernel. This can lead to crashes and vulnerabilities (NVidia had one
recently).
The binary philosophy of development doesn't fit quite so well with ?kernels.
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