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Are there any things in Linux that need to be started over from scratch? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I'm afraid that at some point, we'll realize there are issues with the software we're using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite.

Are there any instances of this happening? Where something is designed with a flaw that doesn't get realized until much later, necessitating scrapping the whole thing and starting from scratch?

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Alsa > Pulseaudio > Pipewire

About 20 xdg-open alternatives (which is, btw, just a wrapper around gnome-open, exo-open, etc.)

My session scripts after a deep dive. Seriously, startxfce4 has workarounds from the 80ies and software rot affected formatting already.

Turnstile instead elogind (which is bound to systemd releases)

mingetty, because who uses a modem nowadays?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Pulseaudio doesn't replace ALSA. Pulseaudio replaces esd and aRts

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

those last two are just made up words

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

All words are made up

[–] Tehdastehdas 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Except naturally occurring, discovered, onomatopoeic words such as bang, boom, cuckoo, tweet, drip, splish, splash, slosh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Linux could use a rewrite of all things related to audio from kernel to x / Wayland based audio apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Pipewire is great .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Right, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

About 20 xdg-open alternatives (which is, btw, just a wrapper around gnome-open, exo-open, etc.)

I use handlr-regex, is it bad? It was the only thing I found that I could use to open certain links on certain web applications (like android does), using exo-open all links just opened on the web browser instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

If you like it, then it's not bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

ALSA is based