Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: 2.4 Maintainer Marcelo Tosatti Answers Your Questions | Linux Today

Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: 2.4 Maintainer Marcelo Tosatti Answers Your Questions

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 11, 2001

“Now that Linux kernel 2.5 is under development by
Linus and others, the all-important job of maintaining and updating
the “old” kernel series (the one that people rely on in day-to-day
use) has fallen to 2.4 maintainer Marcelo. You asked Marcelo about
everything from the influence of politics (age and otherwise) to
his working enviroment and approach to maintainership; his answers
are below.”

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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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