Torvalds on Where Linux is Headed in 2008 305
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.'"
Desktop Linux (Score:5, Funny)
I misread SSD..... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Desktop Linux (Score:1, Funny)
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!!"
Re:I thought Linus was just an engineer...? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Desktop Linux (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Desktop Linux (Score:5, Funny)
No, really, I'm just happy to see you.
Re:For Make Benefit Great Nation of Finland (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Desktop Linux (Score:5, Funny)
*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.
Re:Desktop Linux (Score:4, Funny)
No, really, I'm just happy to see you.
As shown by a related post [slashdot.org]: "It grows every year."
Re:Because of Vista! (Score:3, Funny)
Oh boy, I'm waiting for the day you discover emacs !