The future of Linux: what it means for Wikipedia
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| Kernel release 2.6.24 came out on January 24, just before linux.conf.au
| began. Corbet estimates 2.6.25 will be finalised sometime around April.
|
| That rapid cycle represents an astonishing volume of new code. "We are adding
| about 2000 lines of code to the kernel every single day of the year, without
| exception," Corbet said. "Nobody can really keep up with this [on their own]
| any more. It's an amazing process, and it seems to be working."
|
| The project which those numbers immediately bring to mind is Wikipedia, which
| uses similar open source principles, along with an "anyone can contribute"
| ethos.
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http://apcmag.com/7924/the_future_of_the_linux_kernel_and_what_it_tells_us_about_wikipedia
Kernel Rate of Change
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| "I re-ran some statistics the other day on our kernel development rate, and
| changed my formula after Andrew accused me of severely undercounting the rate
| of change," noted Greg KH during a discussion about the stability of the
| Linux kernel while undergoing significant changes.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Kernel_Rate_of_Change
"One person in Helsinki can quickly write the core of a sophisticated operating
system."
--John Warden, lead attorney at Microsoft
Related:
Linux guru offers sneak peek at Kernel Report
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| Jonathan Corbet is an active kernel contributor, co-founder and president of
| Linux development community news site LWN.net, and the lead author of Linux
| Device Drivers, Third Edition. His renowned Kernel Report has been presented
| to audiences worldwide, and this year in Melbourne will mark his fourth
| appearance at Linux.conf.au. Here, Corbet offers Computerworld readers a
| sneak peek at the major themes behind this year's Kernel Report.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;870609546;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
x86 Architecture Merges in 2.6.25
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| Ingo Molnar summarized his pull request for changes to the x86 architecture
| bound for mainline inclusion in 2.6.25 noting, "it's not a small merge, it
| consists of 908 commits from 96 individual arch/x86 developers (!)".
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/x86_Architecture_Merges_in_2.6.25
2.6.25 KVM Updates
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| The Kernel-based Virtual Machine project, kvm, was started in mid-2006, and
| has been part of the Linux kernel since the 2.6.20 release in February of
| 2007.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/2.6.25_KVM_Updates
x86 Architecture Changes Merging in 2.6.25
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| The final 2.6.24 Linux kernel is expected any day now, so the various
| subsystem maintainers have begun summarizing what changes are expected to be
| merged into the mainline kernel during the 2.6.25 merge window.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/x86_Architecture_Changes_Merging_in_2.6.25
A better ext4 filesystem for Linux
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| A new Linux filesystem gets rid of the 256-petabyte limit, and adds a
| checksum feature for the journal. But developers want you to know that it's
| not yet ready for production sytems.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/012908-kernel.html
ext4 2.6.25 Merge Plans
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| "The following patches have been in the -mm tree for a while, and I plan to
| push them to Linus when the 2.6.25 merge window opens," began Theodore Ts'o,
| offering the patches for review before they are merged.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Ext4_2.6.25_Merge_Plans
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