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Linux Weekly News 2004 Timeline
Ridgelift writes "Linux Weekly News has made their annual 2004 Timeline available free to the general public. " Much happens in the Linux world over the course of a year. 2004 saw ongoing legal and political fights, new distributions, big releases of major applications, a new mode for kernel development, and more. This timeline is our attempt to separate out the most significant developments of the year and present them in a concise and enjoyable format. It continues an annual LWN tradition; it is the seventh in the series.""
This year really wasn't the year for Linux. Maybe 2005? =)
----geppy -
They made it "Free to the general public". Well, what a kind and noble gesture.
IAAL
...has made their annual 2004 Timeline
I wonder what next year's 2004 timeline will look like?
I'm scared of numbers that can't be written as a fraction. It's an irrational fear.
Yikes
Check this out. This is a goldmine. The dunk tank.
http://lwn.net/Articles/66669/
Free XBox, PS2
I guess that the linux security holes get missed while each major windows bug is listed.
None of that has anything to do with linux. DeCSS has nothing to do with OSS, it has to do with your right to descramble your own DVDs.
Actually, a lot of this list has nothing to do with linux, some just barely have to do with OSS in general, like the DeCSS stuff.
Hell, news on OSS apps like GIMP doesn't have anything to do with linux. I've always used GIMP on Windows.
What does the Sun/MSFT settlement have to do with linux?
I guess without the cruft, the timeline would just be:
January: Kernel version X released
April: Kernel version X.1 released
Novermber: Kernel version X.2 released
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Was anyone besides me expecting to so, and disappointed not to find, an actual timeline, a graphical chart in the form of a line with labeled tic marks demarcating events?
The link is over-billed. I'ts only a chronologically ordered table, not really a timeline.
Ceci n'est pas une signature.
The second paragraph of this item from November is my favorite line from 2004.
The revolution will not come like a torrent that sweeps through IT departments, converting the unwashed masses to our ways. No, the revolution will continue slowly and quietly. Take heart that in the coming years, our noble cause shall be well known.
We have continued to infiltrate the server room. We have rekindled the browser war. We have publicly proven that litigation and marketing cannot prevail over quality and enthusiasm. The open source model is reaching more mainstream audiences.
More are beginning to question The Beast and its minions. More companies are understanding our cause. Some are allies while others, envisioning their own demise, are trying to regain a foothold which they ultimately cannot.
It is a quiet night, but in that seeming calm we quietly fight. Slowly we position ourselves, quietly we make our way through it all until one day the opposing few open their eyes to see themselves surrounded.
Take heart, soldiers. We will win. It's only a matter of time.
"The GNU Project celebrates its 20th anniversary."
Guess it's not that GNU then, is it?
The title for the page showing Linus going into the dunk tank? "Linus gets wet".
"KOffice 1.3 is released" - alongside KOfficeSyrup.
Sorry, but I really have nothing useful to contribute. I'm too busy trying to get Gentoo to install on a virtual machine without getting Flagrant Errors.
I am scientifically inaccurate.
and it left a salty nut sack taste in my mouth.
For the most part, there wasn't a lot to report on related to Linux in 2004, other than SCO, SCO, SCO. And that was in the first six months.
Ok, I admit this is a plea for any sort of attention to a bug in 2.6.10 but are you able to put yourself in empathy with me here.
Summer: upgrade to 2.6.x, love it
Late Nov: upgrade to 2.6.9, love it
After Christmas: upgrade to 2.6.10 and buy new hardware with 2.6.10 support only
Jan 2005: Find both Vanilla 2.6.9 & 2.6.10 kernels crash after 2 days running (no acpi or preempt). Can't believe it. Can't downgrade as now need the hardware support in 2.6.10. Shocked. Try to file a bug report:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4010
Maybe I didn't do it well but seems there's no one out there to say so. Is anyone out there?
I'm suprised never had anything like this. I'm sure there's something amiss, some mistake.
Now: Computer is turned off.
Tomorrow: -1 troll probably
Yes and thanks to dogs we no longer need cats.
Are you as confused as I am?!?
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
And this is not a Linux kernel timeline, but an LWN timeline.
Much happens in the Linux world over the course of a year.
Is that so? Who would have thought that could ever happen??
Back in the late '80s and early '90s every year was predicted to be the year that LANs finally exploded. Never happened. A few people here and there put in a LAN, but there was no massive explosion of installations. Then one day someone looked and low and behold everyone had a LAN.
Likewise the linux desktop will not explode overnight. Instead a few companies here and there will get sick of Windows, or need something special that Windows doesn't give, but linux allows them to write. Those companies will install linux. Perhaps not even all at once, just for the few people who need it. Slowly, slowly, slowly, linux will get better while it gets a few wins. Suddenly one day we will look back and see linux everywhere.
Of course on that day *BSD people like me will sigh and go on using our better OS that never gets any press... ;)
This is some weird kind of troll.
Don't you know that every year since 98 has been "the year for desktop linux"?
The people who modded this up have been trolled. They have lost. Have a nice day.
Moderators: Please note that "bonch" is a known fanatical psycophant whose obnoxious offtopic rants are legend here on Slashdot. It doesn't matter what the topic is, he'll find a way to scrape in some pointless Microsoft shilling. While nobody expects us to love Microsoft in any way, his particularly tepid style of calling anyone he replies to "troll" or "liar" because he happens to disagree with whatever they're saying is well documented and should not be rewarded. If anything, bonch is the type of person that should not be part of the open source/free software community. He is an anathema to all that is good about free software.
/. subscriber, I invite you to look through some of his posting history. I guarantee that you'll be hard pressed to find someone that is more "out there" than bonch. You'll also probably notice he's got quite an AC following. Don't just read his posts, make sure you go through the replies.
I'm posting this so that you (the moderator) have some context to consider bonch and not mod him up whenever he posts his filler preformatted rants about installing Windows or whatever that unfortunately get him karma every single time and allow him to continue posting his trademark toxic crap (read on) day in and day out. You may consider this a troll - I consider it community service. And I ain't kidding.
If you're a
For example, in this recent post bonch not only calls the OP a troll but attempts to "tell it like it is" while making some vague argument about "MS". Yes, if you're confused, you're not alone. The reply (modded +0) proceeds to simply destroy his bogus argument. You will notice he did not reply. This is what some people call "drive-by advocacy". A sort of I'll just leave you with my thoughts here and move on to the next flamebait kind of deal. In fact, he almost never replies because he knows that his fanatical arguments simply do not hold up to any sort of discussion. It's not that he's chosen the wrong cause - he's just going at it in a completely wrong way.
More? Just read though this post and the subsequent replies. I guess this stands on its own.
More? Bad spelling in astounding conspiracy theories, more offtopic FUD and uninformed "I'm right, look at me" rants, promptly proven wrong. Worse even, bonch wants to be Bill Gates, apparently (that first one is a winner). I mean, really. You think?
FUD, FUD, FUD, FUD, offtopic FUD, and more FUD. This guy is like the Monty Python SPAM skit, but with FUD and more FUD instead of canned meat. Amazed yet? Don't forget that KDE and Gnome make you dumb, and it's all a Slashdot conspiracy. How low do you want to go? Maybe as low as this?
The infamous Slashdot Front Page Troll? Nuclear fireballs? It goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on (troll?). Like the energizer bunny. Or take these two, which stretch the definition of weird.
It's up to you. We can get rid of this guy and make Slashdot a better place. I don't know about you, but I'd rather take the trolls and crapflooders over people like "bonch" any day. And I sure as hell don't want to be categorized along with him. This is not how you advocate free software, period.
Moderators: Please note that "bonch" is a known fanatical psycophant whose obnoxious offtopic rants are legend here on Slashdot. It doesn't matter what the topic is, he'll find a way to scrape in some pointless Microsoft shilling. While nobody expects us to love Microsoft in any way, his particularly tepid style of calling anyone he replies to "troll" or "liar" because he happens to disagree with whatever they're saying is well documented and should not be rewarded. If anything, bonch is the type of person that should not be part of the open source/free software community. He is an anathema to all that is good about free software.
/. subscriber, I invite you to look through some of his posting history. I guarantee that you'll be hard pressed to find someone that is more "out there" than bonch. You'll also probably notice he's got quite an AC following. Don't just read his posts, make sure you go through the replies.
I'm posting this so that you (the moderator) have some context to consider bonch and not mod him up whenever he posts his filler preformatted rants about installing Windows or whatever that unfortunately get him karma every single time and allow him to continue posting his trademark toxic crap (read on) day in and day out. You may consider this a troll - I consider it community service. And I ain't kidding.
If you're a
For example, in this recent post bonch not only calls the OP a troll but attempts to "tell it like it is" while making some vague argument about "MS". Yes, if you're confused, you're not alone. The reply (modded +0) proceeds to simply destroy his bogus argument. You will notice he did not reply. This is what some people call "drive-by advocacy". A sort of I'll just leave you with my thoughts here and move on to the next flamebait kind of deal. In fact, he almost never replies because he knows that his fanatical arguments simply do not hold up to any sort of discussion. It's not that he's chosen the wrong cause - he's just going at it in a completely wrong way.
More? Just read though this post and the subsequent replies. I guess this stands on its own.
More? Bad spelling in astounding conspiracy theories, more offtopic FUD and uninformed "I'm right, look at me" rants, promptly proven wrong. Worse even, bonch wants to be Bill Gates, apparently (that first one is a winner). I mean, really. You think?
FUD, FUD, FUD, FUD, offtopic FUD, and more FUD. This guy is like the Monty Python SPAM skit, but with FUD and more FUD instead of canned meat. Amazed yet? Don't forget that KDE and Gnome make you dumb, and it's all a Slashdot conspiracy. How low do you want to go? Maybe as low as this?
The infamous Slashdot Front Page Troll? Nuclear fireballs? It goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on (troll?). Like the energizer bunny. Or take these two, which stretch the definition of weird.
It's up to you. We can get rid of this guy and make Slashdot a better place. I don't know about you, but I'd rather take the trolls and crapflooders over people like "bonch" any day. And I sure as hell don't want to be categorized along with him. This is not how you advocate free software, period.
You sound like you're in a snit about it.
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