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Old 02-11-2003, 10:28 PM   #1
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Linus Torvalds


Just a crap question

what is Linus Torvalds up to these days? still working on the kernel or what?
 
Old 02-11-2003, 11:35 PM   #2
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Re: Linus Torvalds

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Just a crap question

what is Linus Torvalds up to these days? still working on the kernel or what?
Still working at Transmeta and wrangling with kernel developers. You can catch some of his input/comments at Kernel Traffic. (Almost always something interesting being discussed there.)
 
Old 02-12-2003, 03:06 AM   #3
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as long as the kernel number goes bigger linus torvalds is still on the job
 
Old 02-12-2003, 02:05 PM   #4
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Still working at Transmeta
What does he actually do there.
 
Old 02-12-2003, 06:19 PM   #5
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Last I heard (from linux magazine) he had just gotten done firing a bunch of people. What he does the rest of the time.... I dont know.
 
Old 02-12-2003, 06:33 PM   #6
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Work on the linux kernel

Cool
 
Old 02-13-2003, 07:55 AM   #7
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Doesn't he just decide on the patches now that go into the main tree?
 
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