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Who Uses The 2.4 Stable Kernel
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| In April, 2.4 kernel maintainer Willy Tarreau queried the Linux kernel
| mailing list regarding how the 2.4 kernel is still being used. He followed up
| summarizing the responses, suggesting that about 5% of 2.4 users run the
| kernel on old recycled laptops at home or on PDA's and thin clients, running
| whatever works with no real need to upgrade. Another 5% of the users are on
| desktop PCs and monitoring stations, not upgrading because "it works". From
| there, about 50% of the users run the 2.4 kernel on general purpose servers
| and update regularly, still running the older kernel due to lack of need for
| new features and lack of time, and possibly due to failed earlier attempts to
| upgrade. Another 20% use the 2.4 kernel on application specific servers where
| reliability is of the highest importance.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Who_Uses_The_2.4_Stable_Kernel
Google uses 2.4 in some places.
Kernel Janitors Project
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| "In the early days, the project was conceived as a way of getting fresh blood
| into kernel development by giving them fairly simple but generally useful
| tasks and hoping they'd move more into the mainstream," began James Bottomley
| starting a thread titled Fixing the Kernel Janitors project.
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Kernel_Janitors_Project
"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
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