eWeek: Linux Kernel Work Picks Up Speed

"A year after Linux kernel development was cleft in three, users and vendors report the process has improved the speed and quality of development.

"When developers opted to nix a separate 2.7 kernel development at the Linux Kernel Developers Summit last summer, the decision spawned three 2.6 trees: the mainline or stable kernel, known as 2.6.x, maintained by Linux founder Linus Torvalds; the 2.6-mm, or staging tree, where technologies are tested before being added to the mainline kernel; and the 2.6.x.y kernel, for bug fixes..."

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