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Linus on SCO, and the Desktop Being 10 Years Away

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In this interview from last week's Linux.conf.au in Australia, Linus Torvalds talks about how the SCO lawsuit 'riled' him and led him to spend a week writing an application to archive his email, and how he think Linux will take 5 to 10 years to become mainstream on the desktop."

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  1. Linux Desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linux Desktop right now is a mess. Seriously, KDE, Gnome etc you name it, none are stable enough to use as a everyday desktop. He got this one right.

  2. Genius! by The+Ape+With+No+Name · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now, THAT is an ubertroll. I commend you. Now please mod the parent down!.

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    Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.
  3. Re:I agree by Ataru · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Taking over the World - Rule #0

    Don't try to take over the world!

    Why do you want to take over the world? It never fails to amaze me, that in order for me to have the "freedom" that you feel I need, I have to do what you say (run your choice of OS).
    Well, sorry mate, but go and fuck yourself. You can pry my copy of Windows from my cold, dead hands. I'll use what I want. That's my idea of freedom.

  4. Re:Linus' point by luigi22_ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If only this were IRC, I could whois you and get "PhrostyMcByte "I love Microsoft. Linux sucks!!"

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    On /., first you get the karma, then you get the power, then you get the women.
  5. Re:How selfish of him by deadsaijinx* · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Netcraft has a bug that doesn't allow them to read uptime on Linux servers that have been up for over 497 days.

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    YOU SUCK BALLS!