[arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

[Pierre Chapuis]

Le Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:10:29 +0100,
Frédéric Perrin <frederic.perrin at resel.fr> a écrit :

> Le vendredi 18 à 10:24, RedShift a écrit :
> >                             Things like enumerating all hardware
> > devices, configuring a network interface, drawing a window, ejecting
> > the CD-ROM drive, getting notified about new hardware plugged in,
> > etc... It's different on every operating system. 
> 
> Isn't it one of the goals of hal ? It does exist outside of Linux (in
> FreeBSD for instance: <http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html>).

The problem is that it's deprecated. But you have a point that the
FreeDesktop initiative tries to fulfill part of those wishes.

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catwell