OSS Speaker Series: The State of the Linux Kernel

Google Tech Talks
May 1, 2007

ABSTRACT



Andrew will present a broad look at the trends in recent changes in the Linux kernel: what areas of kernel functionality are people working on, and what changes can we expect to see over the next year ?

This feature-by-feature walk-through will be tied to an examination of the motivations of the kernel contributors: why do particular individuals and organizations choose particular things to work upon ?

He will also examine areas of the kernel which are arguably suffering from some neglect, the reasons for this and some possible corrective actions which might be taken.

Andrew will finish with a discussion of the importance of individual testers...

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[nanoanthkell]

I study the Linux kernel often, working on developing my programming skills.

Have much respect for Stallman and Linus .

[someman7]

Darwin is a hybrid too, which, depending on the type (I'm not sure what kind of hybrid it is) might not be so bad, but it's APL.

Solaris uses a monolithic kernel.

Minix would be on the right track, yes.

But I was thinking about a complete and actively developed one. Linux is such a brand, hardly anything else gets any attention unfortunately.

Debian GNU/Minix would be veeery nice :-)

[Bitwzyze]

@FetrovskyGoogle Morton. HIs name is Andrew Morton.

[FetrovskyGoogle]

Does Andrew have a last name?

[z0ltanz0ltan]

This guy is a tool.

[usins]

Great video. So ext4 is kinda fail...

[Ormaaj]

I guess the answer to the unknown filesystem to replace ext* ended up being btrfs. Maybe it was still unknown when this video was made.

[Ebdomos]

Darwin isnt a real one eh?

well plan9 is hybrid...

what is solaris?

Minix?

[someman7]

Darwin is not a real one. Hurd is not a good one (yet*).

*added for the sake of the devs