Re: [Trion-kernel-dev] More resources

[Daniel R. <cos...@gm...>]

Hello Manuel

> The monitor is obviously a resource consisting of an array of pixels. It  
> can be divided and parts (or all) of it can be granted to application  
> programs - this ist most commonly done with rectangular regions of the
> screen, known as windows. But of course there could also be circular
> regions or whatever, so nobody limits us to using ordinary windows.

Supporting non-recangular windows directly in the driver sounds like a good
idea to me, especially as such windows get more and more common these days.
The only thing I'm a bit concerned about is performance as a few extra  
copies
will be neccessary to redraw the screen. Using the hardware blitter code  
from
the 2D linux drivers this however shouldn't be too big a problem..

> But what would this be good for? One user probably can't use two  
> keyboards
> at once. But if there are several users, they can work simultaneously
> (provided there is enough space on the screen or maybe two screens). Of
> course this idea of a multi-user system is not new but already used by
> Unix and it's clones. But as far as I know this only works via a network,
> with one server running all the software and several clients or  
> terminals.
> I haven't heard of any OS supporting several users physically on the  
> same pc.

I have some doubts that people are really willing to share their screen  
with
someone else but as one can install a secondary pci graphic-card and/or  
switch
to a multihead card this also shouldn't be neccessary. Especially in  
situations
where the computer is mostly idle (office, internet café, etc) this can  
save
a lot of money as much fewer computers are needed while the users still get
the same experience.

> Sorry for being quite inactive recently... I have just started my diploma
> thesis...

Unfortunately a whole surge of test at school during the next few weeks  
will
keeps me from spending a lot of time on trion too. I'm however confident  
that
I'll manage to get a detailed UML model up before chrismas so that we can  
start
coding then.

Just out of curiousity: What's the topic of your thesis ?

regards,
cosmo86