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The 2.5 Kernel Tree And Alan Cox

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. poot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first poot.

  2. Im sexy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lets have sex.
    (First post, just so you know)

  3. Alan Coix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Porn stars really don't have any reason to be in the kernel business, anyhow.

  4. Alan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I would love to suck on both of your Cox.

  5. VM is the reason? by cwilson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps Alan just could not bring himself to maintain the stable 2.4 tree with the new 2.4 VM (Andrea), given his stated preference for the improved older 2.4 VM (Rik)?

  6. Alan Cox hijacked development by euroderf · · Score: 0, Troll
    I am glad that Alan Cox has left off developing the 2.4 series kernel, for it seems he was using his position for a political agenda. The previous article reveals how he used his position as kernel maintainer to make his political position on the DMCA clear.


    I am not comfortable with someone in such a powerful and important position in the linux community using his position for his own personal agenda. I think he should have resigned back then, and am glad he has stepped down now.


    Although I must make clear I do not like the DMCA, it is still clear to me that such a conflict of interest and abuse of a supposedly monarchal position above such political realities is very wrong indeed.

    1. Re:Alan Cox hijacked development by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 2, Troll

      So if I have a personal agenda that all people should be Christians, and I decide to use my position as a kernel maintainer to espouse my views, you have no problem with that? You would have no problem with my putting my opinion in the kernel source code?

      There is a proper time and a proper place for these things.

      --
      Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
    2. Re:Alan Cox hijacked development by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 1, Troll

      Bullshit. He did the equivalent of saying, "Because of my belief that all people should not be allowed to own handguns, I am withholding this information from the changelog because it might upset Eric Raymond and he will come to kill me."

      His scenerio was just as absurd and ridiculous. Just because he contrived a way to put politics in the changelog doesn't mean it's OK.

      Once again I ask: What if he contrived a way to put politics in the changelog that you DIDN'T agree with? Would it still be OK?

      --
      Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
  7. Stolen Account by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    UID 47 was stolen by an Adquacy.org reader. Adequacy.org is a web site devoted to trolling. This post is intentionally inflammatory (aka a troll) and should be moderated as such.

  8. Re:Just so you know by CmdrTaco+on+on · · Score: -1, Troll

    if it is flacid, you can poke it in using a winkle-poker

  9. no alan cox? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well I guess that's it for linux. Time for me to move to FreeBSD.

  10. Re:Just so you know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut The Fuck Up.

    You like to suck ostrich dick while rubbing elephant tits.

  11. Re:So Long, Alan... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Man, you must like ass in the dick.

  12. Re:Last Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck you
    fuck your mother
    fuck your dead sister
    fuck your borhter up his ass with a cordless telephone
    fuck you up the ass with an elephant tusk
    fuck your rotting father's skull in the eye socket
    fuck your cat with a coat hanger
    fuck your dog with a tire iron
    fuck your neighbor in the ear with a hedge trimmer

    have a nice DAY!

  13. Re:So Long, Alan... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since you're a fucking idiot, I'll spell it out for you.

    Linus told alan to fuck off. Rather than risk embarrassing himself by forking and finding out no one used his fork, he decided to "concentrate" no RHAT customer needs. Also, red hat fired all their remaining developers.

  14. Re:Alan rules. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Most people don't know this, but in weekly goatse.cx traffic, he is usually listed #1 in number of page views. He also subscribes to and discusses gay sex in many other places from public restrooms to bath houses.

  15. Re:Interesting by Cheese+Metal+Rulez!! · · Score: -1, Troll

    How can you say that!? His name rhymes with "cocks" for chrissakes! Are you trying to say all Linux users are gay? Well, are you? It certainly sounds like it. Fucking Nazi Homophobe.

  16. Re:Interesting by Jimmy+Seven+Nads · · Score: -1, Troll

    Okay, all you pus-sucking motherfuckers out there
    It's time to win a chance to butt-bang
    Your daughter's tight virgin cherry ass to caller #666

    The urge is too much to take
    All I can think about is playing with myself
    It's time to masturbate
    I've got my Hustler and I don't need nothin' else

    Ginger...Ginger

    My hand gets tired and my dick gets sore
    But the girls of porn want more
    So I flip throught the pages one more time
    And I just let the jism fly

    Yeah yeah yeah

    A quarter for a peep show
    A private booth or talking to a naked whore
    XXX video
    976 and I can whack it on the phone

    Nobody's home, I'm alone
    The devil in Miss Jones
    Nobody's home, I'm alone
    Aja & John Holmes

    We got gushin' gonads, tingling tushes
    Hairy balls and hairy bushes
    S & M, whips and chains
    Pregnant ladies with menstrual pains
    We got hand jobs and nipple tweaks
    Finger bangs and slappin' cheeks
    We got rape, necro & both ways
    And lots of hung studs for all you gays
    We got incest & bestiality too
    We got Sade & the sweetest taboo
    We got girls who'll eat your pee and poo
    And guys who'd love to fuck your shoe
    There's she-males, lezbos, & shaved beav
    And D-cup mamas with so much cleave
    Senior citizens who love to watch
    And sniff those skid marks from your crotch - yeah!

    Ain't got no woman next to me
    I just got this magazine
    And what's on the TV screen
    But that's okay with me

    I was trained to fuck you baby...

    --
    Luca Turrilli makes me call him Daddy.
  17. Re:Cox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    (Score:-1; Funny). Oh, that's good.

  18. Re:Where did linus say this on lkml?? by gazbo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Given that every comment you make gets modded to 5 by your adoring minions, and you must have plenty of karma to spare, have you ever thought of trolling? I think you'd enjoy it, and you'd get a bite every time.

    You're probably also the only poster alive who could get a rise out of the BSD is dying troll, or Linus was found dead aged 54...

    Just a thought.

    PS. Have you ever claimed a +5 first post?