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@@ -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.)"*
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ or even:
that's KDEs fabled network transparency on the filesystem / shell level.
+* 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]].
+
Reality check
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