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diff --git a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn index ff169b0a..6f0af07e 100644 --- a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn +++ b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/niches_for_the_hurd.mdwn @@ -94,16 +94,16 @@ sounds like an interesting option.*" *"While I believe this can be applied to any kind of applications, I'm personally most interested in more efficient and powerful desktop environments -- these considerations are in fact what got me seriously -interested in the Hurd. +interested in the Hurd.* -Even more specifically, I've done most considerations (though by far not +*Even more specifically, I've done most considerations (though by far not all) on modular web browsing environments. Those interested can read up -some of my thoughts on this: +some of my thoughts on this:* http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20080909073154.GB821%40alien.local -(Just skip the text mode browsing stuff -- the relevant part is the long +*(Just skip the text mode browsing stuff -- the relevant part is the long monologue at the end... I really should put these ideas into my blog.)"* @@ -127,7 +127,15 @@ or even: * cp ftp://foo/bar/ogg play -that's KDEs fabled network transparency on the filesystem / shell level. +that's KDEs fabled network transparency on the filesystem / shell level (where it belongs to be desktop agnostic). + +* add temporary filesystems anywhere via `settrans -a NODE /hurd/ext2fs` + +* make everything temporarily writeable without really changing it via [[hurd/translator/unionfs]]. + +* Read tar archives and mbox files via `ls foo.tar.gz,,tarfs` and `ls foo.mbox,,mboxfs`, respectively → [[hurd/translator/nsmux]]. + +* Use stuff like the new akonady (personal information) framework in KDE more efficiently from the shell. Reality check |