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An Interview With Linus Torvalds (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch has an interview with Linus Torvalds. "Would some kernel people prefer getting tucked in at night instead of being cursed at? I’m sure that would be appreciated. I don’t think I have it in me, though."…

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Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Named a Technology Laureate

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has recieved one of the technology commmunity's highest honors: He's been named a Millennium Technology Prize laureate by the Technology Academy of Finland. Candidates for laureate status are considered from all …

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Linus Torvalds now a Millenium Technology Prize Laureate

Torvalds is being recognised for his creation of Linux and is one of two laureates for the Technology Academy Finland's 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, which has a prize pool of over a million euros…

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How is Linux Built? Our New Report and Video

When you work for the Linux Foundation you get a lot of questions on just how Linux is built. Given the massive scale of the development and ubiquity of Linux today, some of us in the community might think everyone understands how the largest collabora…

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Linux 3.4-rc1 Kernel Released

Linus Torvalds has put out the first release candidate for the forthcoming Linux 3.4 kernel…

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The Compiler That Changed the World Turns 25

Last year, Linux celebrated its 20th anniversary. The kernel that Linus Torvalds started as a hobby project helped the Internet bloom, challenged proprietary operating system dominance, and powers hundreds of millions of devices. From hacker toys li…

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What’s New in Linux 3.3?

Sunday, Linus Torvalds released the 3.3 Linux kernel. In the latest installment of the continuing saga of kernel development, we've got more progress towards Android in the kernel, EFI boot support, Open vSwitch, and improvements that should hel…

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New Wake Locks Patches Published For Linux Kernel

While this weekend saw the release of the Linux 3.3-rc5 kernel, which Linus Torvalds self-admitted was pretty boring, also hitting the mailing list this past week were new kernel patches to implement auto-sleep and "wake locks" support…

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Geek Picture of the Day: Linus Torvalds

Forbes.com features Linux creator Linus Torvalds today in a picture from 1999…
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Zuckerberg is Spot on with “Hacker Way” (but The Linux Community Already Knew That)

Facebook filed its IPO last week , which is big news in and of itself. However, what struck me most was the letter from Mark Zuckerberg to potential investors that puts an exclamation point on something that the Linux community has been practicing for …

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