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Torvalds on Where Linux is Headed in 2008
Stony Stevenson writes "In an interview at the ITNews site, Linus Torvalds lays out his current excitement about the future of Linux. Torvalds is looking forward to hardware elements like solid-state drives, expects progress in graphics and wireless networking, and says the operating system is strong in virtualisation despite his personal lack of interest in the area. 'When you buy an OS from Microsoft, not only you can't fix it, but it has had years of being skewed by one single entity's sense of the market. It doesn't matter how competent Microsoft — or any individual company — is, it's going to reflect that fact. In contrast, look at where Linux is used. Everything from cellphones and other small embedded computers that people wouldn't even think of as computers, to the bulk of the biggest machines on the supercomputer Top-500 list. That is flexibility.'"
Hey, I just got word from FSF HQ that Stallman just got back from the john. If you hurry you might be able to get in there and greedily gobble down his fresh turds before somebody flushes them.
I really don't think Linux is going anywhere in 2008. What did they say this year?? Year of Desktop or something right.. but I didn't see any momentum at any place. I gave up the last Suse installed PC I had. I didn't see anyone in my office switched to Linux.. or any of my clients. Linux is so stupid. I don't know how those geeks feel, but I am sure they are the most useless idiots on the face of earth. Sure.. they have nothing else to do other than wrestling with Linux. No wonder why they are the most unproductive people on earth. Linux has no future for sure. See.. how many distros ?? How many incompatibilities with hardware ??? how many kernal updates every week ??? Linux sure got some momentum on academia. Well... to be frank.. its not because they really like. Only because they want to escapre from paying volume-licenses. Furthremore, there are linux idiots who worship linux OS, who monopolize linux-OS in their domain. Overall.. I think Linux community should give up their efforts and must try to learn some lessons from M$ and either help Windows to be better OR do something like Windows for FREE. Afterall.. true power of linux can not be executed without being a linux-geek.. who knows all the command line commands and some degree of linux kernal modding... that's pathetic.
Leopard fucking sucks, because Apple sold out to all you PC users. All the interface changes--the ostentatiously translucent menu bar, the flat file folders, the dark gray backgrounds--these all feel like something Microsoft would have shat out. But no, it's apparently Apple's attempt to entice more of you Windows/Linux refugees into a community that doesn't want you mouthbreathers anywhere near.
Hope you're fucking happy, you tasteless dweebs. You better make an effort to blend in at Macworld because I'm gonna punch any of you khaki-wearing fratboys I see in the mouth. And I know all the old-school Mac users stand with me on this.
I am just a noob, but it sound like this Linus guy is what you people are calling a "real fanboy". In my country, is easier to trust critic. In such cases we do not even read TFA.