What 2008 May Hold In Store for FOSS

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What 2008 May Hold In Store for FOSS 266

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 31, 2007 @03:11PM 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?

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My hope for 2008 in FOSS (Score:5, Funny)

by Enlarged to Show Tex ( 911413 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:17PM (#21867988)

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

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Free Beer (Score:5, Funny)

by IceCreamGuy ( 904648 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:17PM (#21867992) Homepage

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

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Re:I KNOW I KNOW! (Score:5, Funny)

by peragrin ( 659227 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:26PM (#21868106)

>>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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2008: The year of the Linux desktop! (Score:5, Funny)

by goldspider ( 445116 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:34PM (#21868196) Homepage

I really REALLY mean it this time!

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Well... (Score:5, Funny)

by Junta ( 36770 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:39PM (#21868266)

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

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Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)

by ByOhTek ( 1181381 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:43PM (#21868306) Journal

*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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Re:HURD (Score:4, Funny)

by Albert Sandberg ( 315235 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:43PM (#21868324) Homepage

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 ;)

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Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)

by jacquesm ( 154384 ) writes: <j@NoSpam.ww.com> on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:50PM (#21868404) Homepage

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

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Re:Free Beer (Score:5, Funny)

by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:54PM (#21868464) Homepage Journal

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

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Re:Proves my point (Score:2, Funny)

by starsky51 ( 959750 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @03:14PM (#21868688)

+1 Martyr

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Won't happen (Score:3, Funny)

by einhverfr ( 238914 ) writes: <chris...travers@@@gmail...com> on Monday December 31, 2007 @03:17PM (#21868722) Homepage Journal

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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Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @04:21PM (#21869390)

"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."

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Re:opengl console (Score:4, Funny)

by rucs_hack ( 784150 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @05:04PM (#21869824)

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

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

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Re:I KNOW I KNOW! (Score:3, Funny)

by Sergeant Pepper ( 1098225 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @05:26PM (#21870008)

...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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Re:opengl console (Score:2, Funny)

by Hognoxious ( 631665 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @05:41PM (#21870142) Homepage Journal

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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More! (Score:2, Funny)

by maxume ( 22995 ) writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @05:53PM (#21870250)

More cowbell.

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Re:Free Beer (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 31, 2007 @06:26PM (#21870472)

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

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Re:opengl console (Score:5, Funny)

by eno2001 ( 527078 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @02:54AM (#21872682) Homepage Journal

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

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Re:opengl console (Score:3, Funny)

by Bandman ( 86149 ) writes: <bandman.gmail@com> on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @03:36AM (#21872806) Homepage

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

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What 2008 May Hold In Store for FOSS

My hope for 2008 in FOSS (Score:5, Funny)

Free Beer (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I KNOW I KNOW! (Score:5, Funny)

2008: The year of the Linux desktop! (Score:5, Funny)

Well... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:HURD (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Free Beer (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Proves my point (Score:2, Funny)

Won't happen (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Well... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:opengl console (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I KNOW I KNOW! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:opengl console (Score:2, Funny)

More! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Free Beer (Score:1, Funny)

Re:opengl console (Score:5, Funny)

Re:opengl console (Score:3, Funny)

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