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The 2012 Leap Second on Linux

Sheeri Kritzer at the Mozilla Foundation wrote about an issue with the June 30th 2012 leap second affecting at least MySQL, Java and Minecraft servers. It now appears that the underlying cause is a Linux kernel bug, as noted by John Stultz (IBM) on the Linux Kernel mailing list, and Sheeri deserves due credit for doing [...]
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State of the Linux Kernel 2011

Technology : TechCrunch (last year)

The Linux Foundation provides a vendor neutral home for long-term collaboration on the Linux kernel. They provide Linux creator Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linus' right-hand man, the opportunity to work full-time on Linux... Read Post

Linux guru: re-merging of Android into kernel eases sysdev a bit

Technology : Open Source (last year)

Linux kernel maintainer and Linux Foundation Fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman said the reintroduction of 7,000 lines of Android code into the Linux 3.3 kernel will make it somewhat easier for OEMs creating Android systems. App developers? ... Read Post

Kernel.org shares some cute e-mails

Technology : Open Source (3 years ago)

Should the Linux kernel be renamed the Linux “colonel” due to its prowess?That cute suggestion, which was e-mailed to kernel.org last September, was shared at this week’s LinuxCon by Linux Foundation fellow John “Warthog9? Hawley, w... Read Post


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