10 articles tagged "linus torvalds"

Guido van Rossum (creator of Python) Blog

A few weeks ago Linus Torvalds started his blog. Now, Guido van Rossum started to write a diary (blog). He is best known as the author of the Python programming language.
Linus Torvalds Blog

Linus is best known for Linux kernel and still active Kernel maintainer started blogging. So if you’re interested more about Linus and his life read Linus Torvalds’s blog here.
Who Writes Linux - Insight Into Individual Linux Kernel Contributors
A report from the Linux Foundation details individual kernel contributions and suggests enterprise use is expanding. However there is elite group inside community. During the past three years, the top 10 individual developers have contributed nearly 15 per cent of the changes to the kernel, while the top 30 developers have submitted 30 per cent, [...]
Linus Torvalds on Linux Desktop Operating System
Don Reisinger wonders - if Linus Torvalds even speaking for Linux anymore:
Even though Linus Torvalds has always been known as a deity-like figure in the world of Linux, lately he has been quite outspoken about where he thinks his operating system is going and what its competitors are doing wrong.
Wired blog has published Linus Torvalds [...]
How To Make and Roll Out Your Own Linux Distribution
This article talks about various methods to roll out your Linux distribution such as simple remaster script in Puppy Linux distribution, LFS or Gentoo Linux. From the article:
Inspired by Richard Stallman, whose strategic vision and courage enabled revolutionary change in computer software, later joined by Linus Torvalds and a group of volunteers, created the greatest [...]
Video: History of GNU, Linux and Free Software Movements
This is an interesting documentary video which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and hackers-cum-entrepreneurs), including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf.
The film begins in medias [...]
GPL v2.0 is Perfect for Linux - Says Linus Torvalds
Linux creator Linus Torvalds, in an interview being made public by the Linux Foundation Tuesday, stressed that version 2 of the GPL (GNU General Public License) still makes the most sense for the Linux kernel over the newer GPL version 3. Among GPL 3 highlights are protections against patent infringement lawsuits and provisions for license [...]
Humor: Ten Funny Quotes By Linus Torvalds
“Dijkstra probably hates me” ~ (in kernel/sched.c)
“How should I know if it works? That’s what beta testers are for. I only coded it” ~ (somewhere in a posting)
“I’m an idiot.. At least this one [bug] took about 5 minutes to find..” ~ (in response to a bug report)
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Download of the day: Linux kernel 2.6.23
Linux kernel version 2.6.23 has been released and available for download. Linus Torvalds writes:
Yeah, it got delayed, not because of any huge issues, but because of various bugfixes trickling in and causing me to reset my “release clock” all the time. But it’s out there now, and hopefully better for the wait.Not a whole [...]
Stallman: if you want freedom don’t follow Linus Torvalds
The founder of the Free Software Foundation asks readers whether they will fight for freedom or be too lazy to resist. In an interview he talks about GPL v3 and many other things:
The fact that Torvalds says “open source” instead of “free software” shows where he is coming from. I wrote the GNU GPL to [...]