Today, as Corbet said, "We are up to just over 40 million lines of code at this point. It's fair to say that, indeed, Linux has become big and professional." The first thing he noted was that, no ...

Linux is more than just an operating system; it is a testament to the power of open source philosophy. Initiated by Linus Torvalds, Linux quickly became a flagbearer for open source development, ...

Nearly 2,000 developers started contributing to Linux in the past 15 months, making up nearly half of all developers writing code for the open source operating system kernel. The new developers are ...

It is known that messages containing strong phrases by Linus Torvalds are flying around the mailing list of the Linux development project, but the Linux source code itself also contains a large amount ...

Understanding the benefits of Mainline Linux design methodology requires an aligned definition of mainline and an understanding of the mindset of upstream development ...

A new small form factor Linux development board called the BreadBee will be launching via the Crowd Supply website in the near future offering a ARM Cortex A7 development board based on a relatively ...

This series on how to get started using Embedded Linux is on my Open Mike blog. This installment discusses development models. There are two different models of Embedded Linux development: ...

Linux, also known as GNU/Linux, is a free, UNIX-like operating system, developed originally for home PCs, but which now runs on practically every hardware platform available including PowerPC, ...

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NEW ORLEANS: Who writes Linux? Perhaps the better question is who doesn't write it? § In particular, the Foundation found that: Nearly 10,000 developers from more than 1,000 companies have contributed ...