[haiku-development] Re: Multi-user is a mistake
- From: "Jason Gullickson" <jason.gullickson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:18:10 -0800 (PST)
How fast is Haiku (currently) compared to your average Linux box, Daniel? :)
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Daniel <headbulb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How slow is your computer where the overhead of multiuser would make
> any significant difference?
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:38 PM, <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Seems there are two (very polarized) camps here. (:-/)
>>
>> Myself I side with John, because I've always wanted my Personal Computer
>> to be, well, Personal. *Nobody* else is ever going to get to use it, so
>> any overhead for multi-user is just a nuisance. I'g guess, with PC
>> prices so low, this is a pretty common situation. (OK, Urias has a
>> "family computer", but aren't kids going straight to tablets mostly
>> these days?)
>>
>> My Linux machines are usually set to 'auto-login', so I'm not bugged
>> by passwords, but there's still a lot of irrelevant multi-user baggage
>> that can get in the way.
>>
>> If multi-user can be added to Haiku in such a way that one can set up
>> one's machine to *completely* ignore it, that's fine, but if it is going
>> to get in everyone's way (even a little bit) then I too think it's a
>> mistake.
>>
>> -- Pete --
>>
>>
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