LWN.net Linux Timeline 2003

Ridgelift writes "Linux Weekly News have released Linux Timeline 2003, their annual year in review of the top stories around Linux and the Open Source Community. Their list has been available to subscribers for the last two weeks, but is now available for free. What a nice Christmas present, and what a year it's been."

Comments

No mention about Safari?

[Anonymous Coward]

January 2003: Apple released Safari browser based on khtml engine.

That definately should have been there.

Linux timeline?

[Dionysus]

Looks more like Slashdot timeline, especially if January is any indication.
I mean, what does Lexmark filing a DMCA suit against Smartek have to do with Linux?
Or Jon Johanssen (writer of a Windows GUI for DeCSS)? Sonny Bono copyright extension case? MS-SQL worm?

Not a very encouraging year

[fishlet]

Since this story hasn't generated much chatter yet, I'll speak up. I cant help but feel somewhat underwhelmed by this past years happenings. There were some highlights, such as the 2.6 kernel finally coming out. But my expectations are far from met.

I saw many mentions of "Linux on the desktop" in this years list... but my personal experience hasn't improved much. I keep hoping for a quantum leap forward but have yet to see it (maybe next year). Some stuff I'm still waiting for:

* I want linux to auto detect my joystick and 3D card (with GL support) without me having to drop into VI and configure stuff (And don't tell me to use emacs!). I DO know how to configure this stuff but frankly I'm getting tired of doing it everytime I install linux.

* A WYSIWYG web application development suite thats *BETTER* than dreamweaver and Visual Studio .net combined. I have high hopes for Quanta but it's still a featherweight for features. Call me a troll if you like but some of the Windows development tools kick A**.

* GAMES... I want some more good games. If 90% of linux games developers would stop making rewrites of 20 year old games and work on something modern it would be a good start.

* One lousy control panel. Is that too much to ask? I use mandrake & KDE. I have a KDE control panel, a mandrake control panel, and others to choose from such as Webmin. Why can I click Start->Settings and have all configuration at one place. Throw in different distro's and this problem multiplies.

* Ditch KDE & Gnome and have all the developers work on the one true desktop (as if) I'm still plagued by inconsistancies between the gnome & kde programs that I use. Not to mention it just looks terrible when some windows are themed and others don't follow suit.

So there you have it, Linux on the desktop really didn't go that far this year IMHO. You can waste your mod points modding this down but a intelligent reply would be much better.