Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 31st Dec 2008 18:26 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes The internet, and much of the real world as well, is currently in list mode. Just about any possible list that can be made up regarding 2008 will be made up somewhere, so we decided not to reinvent the wheel and look forward instead of backward. Since we like to leave the guessing predicting to the analysts, we just limited ourselves to what tech-related matters we would like to see in 2009. Read on for our lists, and of course, post your own in the comments. And lest we forget: a very happy 2009 from the OSNews crew!
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What I'm hoping for.
by gan17 on Wed 31st Dec 2008 20:39 UTC
gan17
Member since:
2008-06-03

Firstly, I'd like to wish everyone a warm, fuzzy Happy New Year and hope everyone spares a thought for the less fortunate on this dump we've created called Earth.

Forgive me if my own list of personal wishes for 2009 seem a bit selfish.

1)Factory Calibrated LCD's to drop in price.
Dodgy/difficult color management (particularly monitor calibration) is the main thing holding me back from fully migrating to Linux for my art-work, so I'm hoping for lower prices for these trick monitors.

2)Performance gains for all the top Linux Distros
I use Ubuntu Studio personally, but hope all the major distributions introduce some nice performance gains... gotta keep up with Snow Leopard.

3)Death of Broadcom
No explanation needed.

4)Better hardware compatibility for Linux
It's great already, but still could be better... like better dual monitor settings, sound card drivers and tablet support.

5)Inkscape must shape up.
It's an awesome program, but still way unstable and crash-prone.