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Torvalds on Where Linux is Headed in 2008

Posted by Zonk on from the prognostigatory-penguin-predictions dept.

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.'"

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  1. Desktop Linux by David+Off · · Score: 5, Funny

    So 2008 is finally the year of Linux on the desktop?

    1. Re:Desktop Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      No you misunderstood..
      2008 will be the year of [b]Linus[/b] on the Desktop!

      I bet when all the Linux machines on your desktops, in your pockets and in your toasters become networked and powerful enough (in 2008, that is), Linus' secret code be activated. I bet he's planing world domination by connecting all the Linux together and creating a really, really massive distributed computer only he can control.

      I can virtually see him now with his black cape, sleep-deprived eyes and a sinister grin, pointing at Bill Gates and screaming: "KILL HIM, MY ROBOTS!!"

    2. Re:Desktop Linux by Rubzo · · Score: 2, Funny

      And Wii is slang for urine in other parts of the world, so?

    3. Re:Desktop Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's the year of Linux in your pocket.

      No, really, I'm just happy to see you.
    4. Re:Desktop Linux by jonadab · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Outlook and Exchange is highly compelling over any other options

      *Are* there other options? Off the top of my head, I don't even know of any other enterprise-class fully automated virus retrieval and installation systems.

      --
      Cut that out, or I will ship you to Norilsk in a box.
    5. Re:Desktop Linux by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's the year of Linux in your pocket.

      No, really, I'm just happy to see you.

      As shown by a related post: "It grows every year."

      --
      Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
  2. I misread SSD..... by tomknight · · Score: 4, Funny

    I misread "One of the things I personally am really interested in is the move over to SSD" as "to BSD " and nearly lost my coffee all over my laptop....

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    Oh arse
  3. Re:I thought Linus was just an engineer...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=uG0mizxjAnA

  4. Re:For Make Benefit Great Nation of Finland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm having difficulty determining whether you're being very sarcastic or being very stupid.

  5. Re:Because of Vista! by udippel · · Score: 2, Funny

    And besides, I've kinda fallen in love with Fluxbox.

    Oh boy, I'm waiting for the day you discover emacs !