Mickens has yet to meet the whiny twentysomethings on /r/linux, who will not rest until every component of their Linux system that actually works is replaced with a newer and shinier component that was written by whiny twentysomethings and tested against the four whiny twentysomething use cases but not against anything else because "that's from the 70s and nobody uses that anymore".
After they've succeeded in replacing init and X11, the most likely target for the Whiny Twentysomething Brigade appears to be the terminal subsystem.
"Why does Linux still have the concept of terminals?" they say. "Those are from the 70s. Nobody uses them anymore. All those escape codes are unnecessary legacy cruft. If Linux were a modern OS, it would natively support a modern textual interface based on HTML and JavaScript..."
I think before they can get to terminals, the audio subsystem needs to be reworked once again. Because it's been a few years already, and pulseaudio seems like it might slowly start to become reasonably stable if they don't do something about it.
After they've succeeded in replacing init and X11, the most likely target for the Whiny Twentysomething Brigade appears to be the terminal subsystem.
"Why does Linux still have the concept of terminals?" they say. "Those are from the 70s. Nobody uses them anymore. All those escape codes are unnecessary legacy cruft. If Linux were a modern OS, it would natively support a modern textual interface based on HTML and JavaScript..."