What 2008 May Hold In Store for FOSS 266
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?
Re:3d desktops? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Proves my point (Score:4, Informative)
Tech website speculating about the future of FOSS in the next year.... yeah... it happens. That's great that no one will remember who predicted what. That's not the point of the exercise. The point is to discuss it NOW for the heck of it. It most likely has nothing to do with hating religion.
OLPC vs clothes (Score:5, Informative)
Please do not send any more clothes. You've already killed off the local textile industry and put all the cotton farmers out of work with your free clothes. Who can compete with free crap? Please stop.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1076411.stm [bbc.co.uk]
I no longer donate clothes for exactly this reason.
Re:More linux-based home entertainment devices (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Amarok? (Score:2, Informative)
Comment removed (Score:5, Informative)
Re:opengl console (Score:3, Informative)
There was a point where the head security guard was like "dust for prints on the shift and control keys; keys geeks use, but other people don't". I remember thinking "that's a pretty good idea".
Re:Clueless (Score:2, Informative)
I know there's plenty of crap on the net but it seems that the crap filters are breaking down because I am finding myself directed to rubbish not-worth-reading articles on a far more regular basis through sites like
My 2008 prediction -