ext3cow - A Versioning Filesystem For Linux
The race is on. The only question now is how long it will take linux hackers to produce a GUI on top of the ext3cow file system to compete with Apple's Time Machine.
One thing's for certain, Apple's gotten the design right with the zoomable UI. It ain't easy. But the results will be worth it.
It seems to me that the short route to the zoomable versioning UI on linux would be to simply build the implementation on top of Beryl/Emerald. Beryl already has support for the zooming. The only problem is that in order to make it work right, you've got to throw away all of the layout management that both GNOME and KDE have built-in. Nevertheless, I still believe this is the right answer.
One thing's for certain, Apple's gotten the design right with the zoomable UI. It ain't easy. But the results will be worth it.
It seems to me that the short route to the zoomable versioning UI on linux would be to simply build the implementation on top of Beryl/Emerald. Beryl already has support for the zooming. The only problem is that in order to make it work right, you've got to throw away all of the layout management that both GNOME and KDE have built-in. Nevertheless, I still believe this is the right answer.
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