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Linus And Alan Settle On A New VM System

Posted by timothy on from the imagine-this-was-about-windows-developers dept.

stylewagon writes: "ZDNet are reporting that Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have finally agreed on which Virtual Memory manager to include in future kernel releases. Both have agreed to use the newer VM, written by Andrea Arcangeli, from kernel version 2.4.10 onwards. Read more in the article."

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  1. In related news... by Oshuma.Shiroki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have finally agreed...

    In related news, pigs are now flying all over town, and hell just froze over.
    </sarcasm>

  2. The Days of Our Kernel by rnd() · · Score: 5, Funny
    Posting dramatic stories about the heated debate among supergeeks in the Kernel newsgroups is a brilliant propaganda tool.


    What better way to insure the longevity of Linux than to recruit new Kernel Hackers with tales of heated debate and intrigue (I've noticed two in the last week).


    What's next, the KernelCam? Tune in to watch Linux, Alan, and the rest hacking away. View live feed of USENET postings! Only $3.99 per minute.

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  3. From 2.4.10? by rweir · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, I wanna get some of that time machine action!

  4. VM solution? by X86Daddy · · Score: 1, Funny

    What does Voice Mail have to do with Linux??!!

  5. Yeah! by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny
    In a company, you can't just come out and call your manager or a member of your programming team an idiot. That tends to get you fired, usually. Even if they really are an idiot (Generally, or about one decision in particular.) In the open model, you call someone an idiot and the community decides who the idiot is.

    I haven't been following this thing closely but my impression from this forum was it went something like this:

    Alan: You're an idiot!
    Linus: You're an idiot!
    Alan: Fine! I'll take my kernel and go home!
    Linus: Fine! I'll get someone else to do the kernel!
    Later...
    Alan: Linus, you bitch! Have you been seeing another kernel developer on the side?
    Linus: Yes, but I was a fool! I love you! I've always loved you!
    Alan: And I love you!
    Linus: You're not an idiot!
    Alan: Oh, Linus! (Kiss kiss kiss)
    Linus: Oh Alan! (Kiss kiss kiss)
    Linus: Oh! Alan!

    Hmm. Maybe I've been reading too many romance novels lately...

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  6. RHe is by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    This article is from yesterday. Today they are reporting that Cox Won't Be Maintainer of 2.4 Linux Kernel

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  7. Re:sensation seekers by Gleef · · Score: 4, Funny

    And people say it's easy to install windows. Two days and there's still more work to do.

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  8. Re:virtual memory by hawk · · Score: 3, Funny
    >These fences serve to protect memory from being overwritten by other
    >rouge programs.


    Yeah. I just *hate* it when my programs end up with makeup on them . . .


    :)


    hawk

  9. Re:Media perception of Linux by Glytch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't you get it? Kernel development is like an old Flash Gordon serial. Team Linux has to race to save the universe every week from evil. They literally do save us from doomsday all the time.