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The 2008 Linux and Free Software Timeline

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the year-in-review dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes "Here is LWN's eleventh annual timeline of significant events in the Linux and free software world for the year. As always, 2008 proved to be an interesting year, with great progress in useful software that made our systems better. Of course, there were some of the usual conflicts — patent woes, project politics, and arguments over freedom — but overall, the pace of free software progress stayed on its upwardly increasing trend. 2008 was a year that saw the end of SCO — or not — the rise of Linux-based 'netbooks,' multiple excellent distribution releases, more phones and embedded devices based on Linux, as well as major releases of software we will be using for years (X.org, Python, KDE, ...)."

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  1. The U.S.A. Collapse Timeline +1, Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In other words, the U.S. will collapse as predicted by
    Professor Panarin and discounted in the English business and political propaganda paper named the Wall St. Journal.

    I hope this helps your emigration plans.

    Cordially,
    Kilgore Trout

    1. Re:The U.S.A. Collapse Timeline +1, Interesting by fprintf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Too bad you posted AC. That was a very interesting read. I'm not sure I believe everything in that article, but the point about the U.S. economy being a giant pyramid scheme, built currently on the foriegn economic investment, seems right on.

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  2. Re:2009 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no, but it's the year of the shaved pussy!

  3. Re:2009 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The last thing i want is Linux to be windows. Thats why i don't use windows.

    That leaves few options, and judging by your post I guess you prefer OSX. It makes you feel special, right? Like it's "made" especially for you. Gives you the feeling that you're a part of a community, a member of "the club". One of those that "gets it", while others keep on living their "dull" lives. Such a machine is just perfect to bring along to Starbucks. You just sit there, occasionally taking a sip of that wonderful rose scented macchiato, right? Yeah -- apart from turning you into a complete douche, it seems to be working out quite well for you.

  4. My Contribution To the Time LIne by kenp2002 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Jan 3rd 2006 - Installed Gentoo Linux as a firewall+tarpit\snort\IDS\reporting server. Set up scheduled Emerge update world in Crontab
    Sept 11th 2007 - rebooted said server moving to 2.6 kernel. Some issues with with portage after reboot but nothing the Gentoo Wiki didn't answer.
    Sept 12th 2007 - Went to bar with friends.
    Today - no reboots yet, 99.9% uptime for all reported services.

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