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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:12:26 -0700 From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> To: Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net> Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: A desktop environment[1] kernel wishlist On Oct 27, 2014 6:56 AM, "Bastien Nocera" <hadess@...ess.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 12:28 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > On 10/21/2014 01:49 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > GNOME has had discussions with kernel developers in the past, and, > > > fortunately, in some cases we were able to make headway. > > > > > > There are however a number of items that we still don't have solutions > > > for, items that kernel developers might not realise we'd like to rely > > > on, or don't know that we'd make use of if merged. > > > > > > I've posted this list at: > > > https://wiki.gnome.org/BastienNocera/KernelWishlist > > > > > > Let me know on-list or off-list if you have any comments about those, so > > > I can update the list. > > > > I don't know much about desktop environment infrastructure, but I think > > the kernel probably already has a lot of what's needed for LinuxApps. > > > > Tools like Sandstorm [1] (shameless plug, but it's a good example here) > > can already sandbox normal-ish programs, and those sandboxes can be > > launched without privilege [2]. > > > > Why is kdbus needed? > > Because it sucks less than passing fd's and using home-made protocols on > top of it. For securely communicating with a container, "it sucks less" is hard to use as a design criterion. What's wrong with fds, and how does kdbus solve it? --Andy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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