Linux + ag

[Robert Olson]

[Some of these are skwewed toward access grid requirements I see, upon 
rereading; for straight grid-ish stuff linux is certainly a lot better than 
windows ...]

One thing that is missing on the media side is efficient mechanisms for 
displaying multiple video streams on multiple display heads without bogging 
the machine down; last I looked this is something that Windows via 
DirectDraw does much better than Linux.

We also want, looking ahead, IGMPv3 support (for supporting SSM multicast) 
in mainstream Linux. I think that might be on the way, but it isn't there yet.

Standard tools for distribution of code for ordinary mortals (i.e. not RPM) 
is also an issue; there's not a commonly-used equivalent to windows 
installer packages.

I don't know if those are what you were actually looking for, but they're 
what come to mind offhand.

--bob

At 08:34 AM 7/24/2003 -0500, mailfoster wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am giving a talk to senior linux developers this evening on how linux 
>should evolve to address grid requirements. I wondered if there are any 
>messages you'd like me to communicate, eg relating to qos? If you had any 
>data comparing with windows that would be great ammunition!
>
>Send any repliesto my regular email.
>
>Ian
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