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What 2008 May Hold In Store for FOSS

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hoping-for-nothing-but-good-things dept.

eldavojohn writes to mention that LinuxPlanet has a brief discussion on what 2008 may hold for FOSS. The list includes thoughts on KDE 4, OOXML, DRM, and 3-D desktops. What boons for FOSS are you looking forward to in 2008?

19 of 266 comments (clear)

  1. My hope for 2008 in FOSS by Enlarged+to+Show+Tex · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Linux port of Duke Nukem Forever, now that we finally know it isn't just vaporware...

  2. Free Beer by IceCreamGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been hearing about this "free beer" with FOSS for years... maybe in 2008 we'll finally get some?

    1. Re:Free Beer by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      You don't have to drink beer with your OSS, I've heard Wine works really well with Microsoft cheese :)

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    2. Re:Free Beer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Those people you're talking about - we call them men.

  3. Re:I KNOW I KNOW! by peragrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>And in 2009 I hope a giant pengiun robot attacks Microsoft headquarters.

    Quick someone call the japanese. They can build it. It would be awesome even if it didn't have any weapons. Just walking around the MSFt campus would be great for laughs.

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  4. 2008: The year of the Linux desktop! by goldspider · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really REALLY mean it this time!

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  5. Well... by Junta · · Score: 4, Funny

    bash *could* support opening an OpenGL screen to display a 3D model paper clip to help you enter commands...

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    1. Re:Well... by ByOhTek · · Score: 3, Funny
      *shudder*
      If it ever does that, I'm going to tcsh.

      I'm going to have nightmares you

      jerk insensitive clod.

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    2. Re:Well... by jacquesm · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm bookmarking this thread just in case it ever happen.

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    3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      "It looks like you're trying to find your present working directory ... would you like help?"

      "It looks like you're trying to pipe three dozen commands together ... would you like help?"

      "It looks like you're trying to telnet to a server ... would you like help?"

      "It looks like you're trying to use awk and grep ... sorry, can't help you on that one."

  6. Re:HURD by Albert+Sandberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't decide if this is funny or what so I don't wanna mod it, and since you're anonymous anyway I'll just assume it's RMS posting ;)

  7. Re:Proves my point by starsky51 · · Score: 2, Funny

    +1 Martyr

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  8. Won't happen by einhverfr · · Score: 2, Funny

    They want to port to HURD first.

    I also understand that some of the more recent portions are written in Perl 6.....

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  9. Re:opengl console by rucs_hack · · Score: 3, Funny

    People still use XMMS? I thought most people moved on to Amarok/Rhythmbox years ago

    Aha, you must be one of those Gentoo people :-)

  10. Re:I KNOW I KNOW! by Sergeant+Pepper · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...giant penguin robot... ...someone call the japanese... Wouldn't the Japanese be much more likely to build a giant octopus robot?
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  11. Re:opengl console by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    it may in fact become the technology i laugh at in movies. what am i talking about?
    Wild guess - the shift key?
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  12. More! by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

    More cowbell.

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  13. Re:opengl console by eno2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oblig: "I know this! This is Unix"!

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  14. Re:opengl console by Bandman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hard coded in Gentoo? Isn't that against the law or something?

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