Getting involved in Linux kernel development is not that hard if you know where to look. That’s the message delivered by Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman at the Linuxcon conference in New Orleans this week.
Kroah-Hartman maintains the stable Linux kernel tree, pushing out one or two new stable releases every week. There are a number of things that prospective contributors to Linux need to keep mind if they want their contributions to be accepted.
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