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Newsgroups: mozilla.dev.planning
From: Alex Faaborg <afaab...@mozilla.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:02:56 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, Mar 17 2007 4:02 pm
Subject: Re: Any plans for a Mozilla-based OS?
I agree with Mike that we shouldn't get into dealing with drivers, filesystems, etc. But what if we took a linux distro like Knoppix that loads from a bootable CD (or Live CD), and modified it so that the only UI the user got after booting was Firefox. We would probably want to implement online profiles since there wouldn't be any storage, but it would be a cool way to quickly convert an old computer loaded with viruses and spyware into a secure and streamlined Web browsing machine. Maybe a labs project?
cheers, ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Beltzner" <beltz...@mozilla.com> To: "emery denuccio" <emery.denuc...@gmail.com>, "dev.planning" <dev-plann...@lists.mozilla.org> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 5:24:21 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles Subject: Re: Any plans for a Mozilla-based OS? I don't see the advantage of being an OS as you describe it. Let the OSes deal with the pain of device drivers, memory allocation, filesystems, network interface layers and I/O. Let us work on improving the cross-platform layer that helps users get to their applications, online data, and friends, pushing the web forward. cheers, _______________________________________________ You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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