RE: [MiNT] What's in, what's out?

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Odd Skancke
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 1:35 PM
> To: mint@fishpool.com
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] What's in, what's out?

> > If your plan is to turn MiNT into a Linux clone then I must say --
> > completely futile. Become a Linux contributor and add a GEM
> interface layer
> > instead.
>
>  What?!. Are we just forgetting what we are talking about here, Julian? We
> are talking about a kernel that gives the TOS PLATFORM, not any other
> platforms, but the TOS PLATFORM, the ability to be both Linux and TOS
> at the same time! Never forget that! So, turning MiNT into a Linux clone
> for the TOS Platform that is also TOS compatible would be a dream come
> true. I mean, what do you really mean by "If I would want a Unix system"?
> Do you mean that we can't have both? Or do you mean that Atari system
> can't handle it? What?
>
>  It should be noted that I'm not a MiNT developer, but I think I agree
> that loadable modules might be an answer to certain things, so that people
> with machines low on resources can carefully select functionality.

What I want to say here is that for less than 500$ I can get a used PowerPC
or Wintel machine which will even outperform a Milan 060 easily. If we want
to run GEM applications on top of a Linux compatible operating system, the
best way would probably to pick up the STonX sources, to enhance the X based
VDI and then to come up with a native AES replacement.