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The 2.5 Kernel Tree And Alan Cox

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-forward-off dept.

Motor writes "It seems that (as everyone suspected), the 2.5 Linux kernel tree is close to opening. However, contrary to expectations, 2.4 will not be maintained by Alan Cox, but will instead be handled by Marcelo Tosatti. Thanks to Alan for all his hard work on 2.0 and 2.2."

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  1. So Long, Alan... by BoarderPhreak · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...and thanks for all the herring!

    - Tux

  2. New boss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So Marcelo Tosatti is the new made man ? I thought the books were closed...

    -Tony Soprano

  3. Starstruck ;-) by Sir_Real · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know your a geek when a post by Alan Cox is more exciting to you than say, meeting the President.

    Andrew

    1. Re:Starstruck ;-) by sydb · · Score: 4, Funny

      I once met Alan, at the first Linux Expo in Olympia, 1999.

      I noticed him standing next to me and I just exclaimed "Alan Cox!" I was so overcome I couldn't say anything else. He just smiled... like I was some kind of idiot... which I suppose I was. I then drifted off to the Debian stand to buy a T-shirt.

      Yes, meeting Dubya would most certainly not have left such an imprint on my mind.

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  4. Re:Mirror of the text, site was slowing down.... ; by raph · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, the slowdown is a stupid locking bug I just haven't gotten around to fixing on the production server.

    'Course that won't stop me from suing the perpetrator under the DMCA anyway, once I find out who he is.

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    LILO boot: linux init=/usr/bin/emacs

  5. D'Oh!!! by VFVTHUNTER · · Score: 3, Funny

    2.4-AC stands for Alan Cox!!! And all this time I'd thought that it was a 2.4 kernel based on submissions from anonymous cowards...

  6. Re:Alan rules. by Keju · · Score: 2, Funny

    He also didn't force her to switch her name to Tesla, which I'm sure other geeks would have requested.

  7. Re:What about 2.2? by damiam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Especially since 0.01.x still has one. :-)

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    It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
  8. Re:Alan Cox is doing the right thing by John_Booty · · Score: 3, Funny

    AC's has shown great skill in pulling together rapid/major changes

    "AC"??? We're trusting the kernel to an Anonymous Coward?

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    OtakuBooty.com: Smart, funny, sexy nerds.
  9. Re:AC for President (was Re:Starstruck ;-) ) by einhverfr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of Course, half the /. crowd will now start a campagn for Anonymous Coward for President.

    Actually, I think Alan would make a great president ;)

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