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Kernel Hacker Keith Owens On kbuild 2.5, XFS, More

Posted by timothy on from the informative-stuff dept.

Jeremy Andrews writes: "Kerneltrap interviews Keith Owens this week, an experienced kernel hacker who has long contributed to the Linux kernel. His contributions include updating ksymoops and modutils, both of which he maintains. He also works on kbuild 2.5. Earlier, he built the original Integrated Kernel Debugging patch. He's also working on kdb and XFS. Check out the interview." Lots of good information in here about things to expect in 2.5.

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  1. The Welsh Problem in the UK by euroderf · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    There is a problem with Linux development in the UK: it is dominated by the Welsh. Viz.


    Alan Cox - Welsh

    Keith Owens - Welsh

    Davedd Williams - Welsh

    Rhiannon Wemys - Welsh


    These are the big names of Linux development in the UK, there are very few Englishmen or Scotsmen who are big name Linux developers.


    The reasons for this are manifold. Firstly, Wales is a country long since colonised and dominated by England, the first acts of genocide were committed there. The Welsh have a strong and tribal identity, and are usually fairly open to new paradigms (hence their role in the Industrial Revolution, and OSS is at least as significant as the Industrial Revolution).


    This means that they have seized on Linux as a revolutionary operating system that may free them from domination by Microsoft and England. The welsh terrorist organisation, Plyde Cymru, uses Linux, it can be seen that they favour the decentralised nature of linux just like they favoured Owain Gln Dour's guerrilla tactics, which were similarly decentralised.


    Keith Owens is very much a Welsh nationalist and has criticised England many times, not least when I met him in a pub in Cardiff once, he broadsided against the oppressors (Sorry Keith :-).


    I think Linux does have a role to play in revolutionary freedom movements, and the Welsh Situation may make a good testing ground for this, especially around Trethomas.