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Re: linux and unix 10 Years Ago by rubberman …though each application needs to be built for Unix or Linux separately. Unix was developed by Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie… The rest, as they say, is history. Linus Torvalds was working with Minix, written as a university teaching project…awhile, Linus decided to write his own kernel, and Linux was born. Both Unix and Minix were inspirations to … Torvalds confirms there will be no Linux kernel 3.0 17 Years Ago by newsguy …to be confirming that there will be no Linux kernel 3.0 The first hints are … to the old 'everything changes' development model. Torvalds adds "that means that we'll keep… to see the version 3.0 kernel, Torvalds states quite categorically that "we really … a confirmation of the 2.6 numbering, Torvalds responds "I see no real reason … Re: Torvalds confirms there will be no Linux kernel 3.0 17 Years Ago by jwenting well, after 2.9 there's always 2.10 and you can take that a LOOOOOONG way, especially with the Linux tendency to use ridiculously long strings of subversions. 2.100000999.432325.432321545.35beta143523alpha542323.5234323 anyone? Re: Torvalds confirms there will be no Linux kernel 3.0 14 Years Ago by Tellalca http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc1 So what's that? Linux for the PS3 18 Years Ago by John A …I see people inventing new uses for existing devices. Linux kernel developers have been working hard, and have …now added PS3 support for the Linux kernel. Sony helped by contributing patches for the machine…: [URL]http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f58a9d171a346afb1b09190427e6c28c6118703e[/URL]… Linux Kernel 2.6.x vulnerabilities 18 Years Ago by newsguy According to postings at [URL="http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4"]Kernel.… Nebehaj which was consequently signed off by Linus Torvalds and Chris Wright, the Linux Kernel 2.6.x has multiple security vulnerabilities… recommended solution would be? Yep, you guessed it, updating to Linux Kernel version 2.6.21.4 Re: Linus Torvalds Buys SCO. Monetizes Linux. 15 Years Ago by sureronald Is this real? If so, is Linux Torvalds quitting the community and trying to equal the wealth of Steve Jobs and others with super linux? Re: Embracing Change: The Linux Paradigm 16 Years Ago by kenholmz …Stallman, as you know. When Linux Torvalds reached a certain beginning point on the Linux kernel he chose to license it …work within the constraints of the GPL, on Linux (or gnu/Linux as Richard Stallman insists). I do know … complaints they are too loose. Regarding the culture behind Linux. Perhaps I misunderstand completely. However, I don't… Linux Gestalt: The Whole is Getting Bigger 16 Years Ago by khess … adoption and use of Linux by focusing in three main areas: 1. Sponsorship of key developers like Linus Torvalds and others so… that they may concentrate their full-time efforts on improving Linux. 2. Offering standardization… Linux: It's the Freedom You Big Dummy 15 Years Ago by khess …me realize a similar thing about Linux. No one has given his life for Linux but certainly there have been sacrifices… good. Richard Stallman Miguel de Icaza Mark Shuttleworth Linus Torvalds Larry Wall Eric Raymond Bob Young Guido van Rossum Tim… software leaders. So, the next time you boot a Linux system, think of these people who had no idea that… Re: Linux Desktop Stigma Draws Ire and Fire 15 Years Ago by J-ose …as many in-house developers have been doing for decades. Linux' transparency enables a greater number of good solutions. This…to fix things on their own? Most users of Linux (even Linus Torvalds) do not "fix" the majority of…they make (eg, giving away their software only after Linux made inroads in some segment). We complain about closed … Re: Linux Desktop Stigma Draws Ire and Fire 15 Years Ago by J-ose … have realized this). I do recognize that moving to Linux can be a high cost short-term process for some… large move). However, that is no reason for the Linux community to surrender to monopolists and stop building the software…means other people can do the work for you. Linus Torvalds is a great software developer and leader, yet he contributes… Re: linux and unix 10 Years Ago by mike_2000_17 … that standard (or nearly so), that includes Mac OSX, Linux, Solaris, QNX, several BSD derivatives, Android, and a … they're not using Linux). In fact, Linus Torvalds explained many times that he basically created Linux because he had worked …for Unix, and so it is. By all accounts, Linux is an alternative (and open-source) implementation of Unix.… Re: Linux Zero Day: JournalCtl and Syslog Terminal Escape Injection 10 Years Ago by mike_2000_17 In view of the latest head-butting between Linus Torvalds (head of Linux) and Kay Sievers (head of Systemd), this looks to be… discovered. I recently went through the exercise of compiling the Linux kernel from source for a ARM board. Systemd was one… Re: Linux: Some Ugly OS' 18 Years Ago by Sturm linus torvalds said that gnome was for g'retards. (apparently he likes kde) Breaking News: IBM Buys Linus Torvalds 16 Years Ago by khess … am EDT that IBM has completed the purchase of Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds for $4.6 Billion in cash and stock… work on the Linux kernel, which incidentally, was part of IBM's purchase as well", said Palmisano. Linus Torvalds, his assets… Linus Torvalds is a born-again gnome 16 Years Ago by happygeek Everyone knows that Linus Torvalds '[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3825.html"]is a Linux[/URL]' but did…/53/"]often outspoken[/URL] creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, has revealed that he is a gnome once … negative press for being a somewhat half-baked upgrade. Torvalds himself calls KDE 4 "a disaster" and… Re: Breaking News: IBM Buys Linus Torvalds 16 Years Ago by lsatenstein Well, it is 11 days later, and both Linus and IBM have agreed to an amicable separation. Linux gets a big behemoth z390 machine, which does compiles in a second or two, and IBM gets a lesson in dealing with sarcasm. Mr. Torvalds, Shrink That Kernel 15 Years Ago by khess Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, said at the [URL="http://events.… small kernel that loads support via external files. Though Linux is a modular kernel, it seems that everything gets…/appa.html"]debate[/URL] needed between Tannenbaum and Torvalds over microkernels vs monolithic kernels. Move support for everything… Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom? 15 Years Ago by khess … does. How can this be, since Linus Torvalds, creator and chief architect of the Linux kernel, knows about software freedom and free… accuracy is when he says that the manufacturer can use Linux or any other code that's unrestricted and then restrict… Is the Linux Foundation Our NRA? 16 Years Ago by khess … members and the community-at-large: [QUOTE]Employing key Linux fellows, including Linus Torvalds, to ensure they can focus 100% of their… attention on maintaining and furthering the Linux platform. Administering and defending… Re: Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom? 15 Years Ago by ickusslime what is with the Glen Beck BS question? Totally not needed. Freedom is to be able to do what you want. Torvalds has no problem with people using linux for anything... Stallman is the one limiting what can be done. Did Ken Hess cross the line and support print censorship? see how stupid that is? Re: Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom? 15 Years Ago by youtubeline Freedom is to be able to do what you want. Torvalds has no problem with people using linux for anything... Stallman is the one limiting what can be done.thanks for [URL="http://www.youtubeline.com"]video[/URL] Re: Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom? 15 Years Ago by Fuck Your Stalin, I mean Stallman, is an asshole. Your headline shows that you are also ignorant. Everybody seems to want a piece of Torvalds. No good deed goes unpunished. If you want to understand the FSF and the law suits they piggyback on Linux, like the Busybox blackmail, then watch the movie Re: 10 Characteristics of a Linux Guru? 15 Years Ago by technophilia … knows everything" about a system. In the case of Linux, I don't think such a person exists. The wide… spectrum Linux encompasses is simply too much for any one person to know. Even Linus Torvalds is not a guru… Dictionary.com), there are plenty that fit the bill. Linus Torvalds can be considered a guru on the intricacies and know… Re: Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom? 15 Years Ago by artooro Stallman is the enemy of software freedom. Apparently restricting it so you can only do with the source code what he thinks you should be able to do is "freedom". BS I'm completely with Torvalds. Re: Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom? 15 Years Ago by linuxvirgin … what you want. This is what GPL2 offer and what Torvalds believe. But I believe freedom is more than that...I… Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. Linux 17 Years Ago by khess …in the Crystal Ball are my predictions for OpenSolaris vs. Linux. The release of OpenSolaris on May 5th has caused … that both operating systems will eventually live under. Linus Torvalds opposes GPL3 and currently refuses to allow the kernel to… it (See Prediction 1 above). The reason is that Linux has such a large following, like Windows, or Mac … The Late Great Mythical SCO 15 Years Ago by khess … does it not matter, you ask? In the Linux perspective, Linus wrote the Linux kernel off of Minix and publicly available code… in this world is 100% above reproach but come on, Linux Torvalds is one smart cookie who doesn't need or desire… was everywhere. It was stable. It was awesome. But then Linux came along and took the world by storm and put… 1000% Speed Increase Using Linux Kernel 2.6 21 Years Ago by TheComputerGeek … Improvements [/b][/i]Thanks to a new IO scheduler in Linux Kernel 2.6 it is possible to achieve speed increases… attempts to anticipate future read requests from processes. Linus Torvalds, original creator of Linux, told me "Basically, the anticipatory scheduler maintains…