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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.""
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!!!!
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.
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