OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20194/Kernel_Coding_No_Picnic_Says_Torvalds Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:26 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Comment by flanque http://www.osnews.com/thread?327230 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327230 Kernel development isn't easy.. gee, you think?

Say it isn't so.. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments RE: Comment by flanque http://www.osnews.com/thread?327255 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327255 I think he's talking about the difficulty of code management, not the actual difficulty of coding a kernel.

Anyone else read the title as "Kernel coding no panic"? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dreamlax) Comments Becoming a kernel dev http://www.osnews.com/thread?327259 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327259 The article is more about becoming a kernel dev than anything else. Torvalds is just saying that it isn't easy becoming a kernel dev but he also says it's not hard to contribute. If you want to be a dev you have to start out small. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (abraxas) Comments duh http://www.osnews.com/thread?327303 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327303 It's not easy?? REALLY??? Wow... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sardaukar) Comments Comment by Redeeman http://www.osnews.com/thread?327309 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327309 that is ofcourse, its not easy becoming a main contribute, provided you dont spray patches constantly to try and fix up your work.. If you only provide patches when stuff works, and then minor tweakings, its alot harder... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Redeeman) Comments He also refers to the process http://www.osnews.com/thread?327371 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327371 It's not about being able to code for the kernel per se, but getting to "stick" in the kernel development process:
- Getting to be trusted by other developers
- Getting to be used to being "bitched" by other developers if they think your code is not OK. That can be a little tough on one's self-esteem.
- And so on. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eantoranz) Comments What would happen.... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327372 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327372 If Linus Torvalds died? Would it be the end of Linux?

Sometime, I feel like the Linux kernel revolve around only one guy and if the quit, Linux would die.

It's all about Linus... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (truckweb) Comments RE: What would happen.... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327375 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327375 I don't think Linux would die, but I think Red Hat and Google would gain more clout as Andrew Morton works for Google, and Red Hat employs a lot of devs. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (alucinor) Comments RE[2]: What would happen.... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327386 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327386 IBM would prolly try and make a power play too Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (google_ninja) Comments RE: What would happen.... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327397 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327397 you make it sound as if Linus was 87 years old with a terminal illness, G-d forbid. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments In other news... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327406 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327406 Dog bites man. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tomcat) Comments RE[2]: What would happen.... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327428 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327428 Don't worry, Linus, like all humans, will die.

So, I'm just asking if their is a backup plan, who will take on the coding of the kernel? Will it fork with IBM going it's own way and RedHat taking another route? Who knows?

I feel that when this happens, we will live with the same kernel for a while until devs regroup and decide where they want to go. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (truckweb) Comments RE[3]: What would happen.... http://www.osnews.com/thread?327466 http://www.osnews.com/thread?327466
Don't worry, Linus, like all humans, will die.



Not me, i plan to use human enhancement techniques to live forever:-) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (happycamper) Comments