Windows 7 will be Unix like?
phoenix asked:
There are rumors from with in the community is that windows 7 is going to be a lot more unix like than previous versions, it’s going to be a lot more modular.
There are rumors from with in the community is that windows 7 is going to be a lot more unix like than previous versions, it’s going to be a lot more modular.
See, MS have known for a long while that Linux and Darwin (OSX), are so much more efficient because they only ever require restarts when major kernel changes are made.
So windows 7 is likely to be more unix like in the fact that the GUI will run seperately from the kernel, as will explorer, more along the lines of Linux, or OSX, where the GUI can be shut down just leaving the console.
In fact, It seems likely that Windows 7 will not be very backwards compatible without something like wine.
That also means that Windows won’t be getting attacked by any viruses or malware any time soon!
Is this true? If it is then isn’t this good news?
dunno. but it would be good news. since its a rush job because of vista, i doubt it
Apparently so as I have heard the same. If this turns out to be the case then it can only be a good thing.
Good luck.
LUg.
hm I hope it’s true
I want Windows to become more Unix-like
But of course if there’s going to be backwards-compatibility problems, people will complain.
if that were true they would need a very good dose of wine to make all there apps work so I would dought the kernal would be that radicly changed the world would be a better place if it were unix like but I have serious doughts
I don’t think Windows 7 will be more Unix-like. Their primary goal needs to be to fix all of the mistakes they made with Vista, just like what they did with ME and XP. They need to fix the slowness with Vista as well as other problems.
There’s more discussion on Windows 7 here: