Notes on Andrew Morton's "State of the Kernel" at Google | Linux Today

Notes on Andrew Morton’s “State of the Kernel” at Google

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 3, 2007

“Linux developer Andrew Morton, best known for maintaining the
‘-mm’ test kernels, pointed out what are either some gaping holes
in Linux or some great available challenges that you can take on to
become the next great kernel hacker, depending on your point of
view.

“In his talk last night at Google’s Open Source Developers
series, Morton laid out the problems in what has become the
standard self-insulting communications style of many major
projects…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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