Linus Torvalds: 'I Still Want the Desktop' 727
darthcamaro writes: Linux has clawed its way into lots of places these days. But at the LinuxCon conference in Chicago today Linus Torvalds was asked where Linux should go next. Torvalds didn't hesitate with his reply. "I still want the desktop," Torvalds said, as the audience erupted into boisterous applause. Torvalds doesn't see the desktop as being a kernel problem at this point, either, but rather one about infrastructure. While not ready to declare a "Year of the Linux Desktop" he still expects that to happen — one day.
Nobody else seems to want it (Score:5, Funny)
If he waits a little longer, he can probably just take it without anybody noticing.
Oh, the timing... (Score:5, Funny)
Working out of a coffee shop - just hit the slashdot page when one of the passer-bys looked over my shoulder and said "Slashdot? Is that site still around? Are they still talking about the Year of Linux on the Desktop?" ... and then we noticed the first story simultaneously...
careful what you wish for (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh, the timing... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well, you have mine. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nobody else seems to want it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Infrastructure? (Score:5, Funny)
Um, if you're on the Metro screen you type "notepad" and press enter. Gosh Windows is complex.
Re:Nobody else seems to want it (Score:4, Funny)
BTW what Torvalds SHOULD have said was "I want the desktop....but not enough to give up my shitty 1970s throwback driver model" because you look at the forums and a good 90% of what the problems in linux get boiled down to is that shitstorm of a driver model,
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. the 70's are gone, but your idea that Linux is still in the 70's shows ye know nought.
Next up, why don't you tell us all about those stupid 1 button mice that apple is still using....