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Missing Boot to GeckoMissing Boot to GeckoPosted Dec 13, 2011 4:25 UTC (Tue) by samth (subscriber, #1290)In reply to: Missing Boot to Gecko by kripkenstein Parent article: WebOS reborn?
Fancy meeting you here. :)
Another reason is that Tizen and MeeGo and Gnome and Canonical are all conventionally "Linux-related" projects, whereas Mozilla is seen as not as plugged in to the Linux community (as distinct from the broader free-software community). This is unfortunate from both sides, of course, but I think it's real.
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Missing Boot to Gecko Posted Dec 13, 2011 5:34 UTC (Tue) by kripkenstein (subscriber, #43281) [Link]
Hi ;)
I suppose this might be the first direct work by Mozilla on Linux kernel code, but I've always seen Mozilla as a "Linux-related" project. Maybe because I've been using both of them together for many years ;) And on another tangent Mozilla is part of OIN, whose goal is to promote Linux. So not sure I follow what you mean by "not plugged in".
But I could be easily wrong though. If so, maybe this is a good opportunity to work closer together.
Missing Boot to Gecko Posted Dec 13, 2011 6:01 UTC (Tue) by samth (subscriber, #1290) [Link]
I too have been using Mozilla (and before that Netscape) with Linux since 1998. What I mean is that Mozilla, for understandable reasons, appears to think of the Linux community as a pretty niche market, and doesn't work hard to be part of the Linux community (again, as distinct from the broader community). This is reflected in the attitude towards distributions, the attitude towards the way the software is packaged, the attitude towards embedding Gecko, and other things. Part of it is just the number of linux machines you see when you look around your office. :)
I've had arguments with Brendan about whether this is a problem, and I understand why it happens. But I agree that it's good for B2G to bring the communities closer.
Missing Boot to Gecko Posted Dec 13, 2011 6:55 UTC (Tue) by kripkenstein (subscriber, #43281) [Link]
> Part of it is just the number of linux machines you see when you look around your office. :)
I can't speak to the other points you made, I feel I don't have enough of a basis to make a statement either way. However, about the number of Linux machines - there are lots! In my informal survey, Linux is close to half (with OS X a clear majority). It might be that different groups have different preferences, but among developers and in particular platform developers (the people I know), Linux is very popular at Mozilla.
Missing Boot to Gecko Posted Dec 13, 2011 7:02 UTC (Tue) by samth (subscriber, #1290) [Link]
Clearly I hang around with the wrong Mozillans. Can't trust those JavaScript-programming, MacBook-carrying types. ;)
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