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[News] Linux Collaboration Summit, "Make the Move [to Linux]" Creator Interviewed

  • Subject: [News] Linux Collaboration Summit, "Make the Move [to Linux]" Creator Interviewed
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:45:15 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
The Linux Collaboration Summit starts shortly...

https://www.linux-foundation.org/events/collaboration/program

Moving to Linux? No fear, help is at hand

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| To some people, the increasing number of Linux distributions serves as a 
| disadvante when it comes to attracting new users. To Christopher Smart, it's 
| a plus point - the way he puts it, if he had not been able to roll his own, 
| he never would have achieved the level of understanding of Linux he has 
| today.    
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17519/1090/

"The number of developers working on improving Linux vastly exceeds the number
of Microsoft developers working on Windows NT."

                --Paul Maritz, Microsoft
 

Recent:

Linux kernel developers have tripled in number

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| The Linux Foundation (LF) has published a study on Linux mainline kernel 
| development. According to LF, the number of Linux kernel developers has 
| tripled since 2005, with many more companies contributing to the process 
| (including, potentially, the latest new LF member, Adobe).   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6925891609.html


https://www.linux-foundation.org/publications/linuxkerneldevelopment.php


Linux kernel community grows, but elite group remains

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| Viro has contributed 1,571 changes to the kernel, which sits at the core of 
| the Linux operating system, over the past three years, according to a new 
| report from the Linux Foundation. That's more than any other individual 
| developer, the report states. In contrast, Torvalds, the kernel's creator and 
| steward, contributed 495 changes. Viro couldn't be reached for comment about 
| the report.     
| 
| [...]
| 
| But this group of coding superstars sails atop a roiling sea of newer 
| community members, notes Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux 
| Foundation. Roughly 3,700 developers from more than 200 companies have 
| contributed to the kernel since 2005, according to the report.   
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/040108-linux-kernel-community-grows-but.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news


Related:

Linux contributor base broadens

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| With more companies funding Linux work, the core hackers now delegate 
| 70% of the coding
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/062807-linux-contributor-base.html


Amazing 3D view of linux kernels..

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| These are 3D renderings of dependencies in the Linux kernel source code.
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/14727


Microsoft's death knell for Windows Mobile

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| And of course, there's Linux - which already runs on hand-held devices 
| without much fuss. That'll be in a much stronger position if and when the x86 
| architecture becomes a potent part of portable life.  
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006221o-2000331777b,00.htm

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