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Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux
lca writes "Linuxworld Australia has an interview with Linus Torvalds about the current state of the Linux desktop and where it will go this year among other things. Also discussed are topics such as hardware support, the SCO issue, and whether or not he will be moving to Australia."
a good kernel, and a good filesystem. both of which imply BSD.
On Linux, you can either browse the web, do signifigant ( >5meg) file copying OR listen to audio files. One at a time, and certainly not all three at the same time. To try to mix two of those tasks will bring the system to a slow crawl.
This is NOT true for BSD or even windows XP (for fuck's sake!); which is probably why apple chose BSD as the core kernel of their OS despite linux being available for their platform.
Don't overestimate it, either. Windows 9x got along for years with a shitty DOS kernel, but the interface worked consistently and applications ran nicely.
"Sufferin' succotash."
First linux needs more standards.
In 2010 when everyone is running Windows Longhorn's successor, I'll be sure to remember khasim's post predicting total Linux domination in six years. Microsoft and Apple are supposed to just magically disappear during all this, and all Windows progress is supposed to halt.
Look at all the people who proclaimed that Linux would "take over" now that Longhorn is a late '05 product. Yet, XP is clearly here to stay, with a major SP2 release coming up soon. It's amusing.
"Sufferin' succotash."
I was elected President of the United States.
Silly Gore.....
By the way, he's in New York today in -30 (windchill) to talk about global warming. Man knows how to set the stage....
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