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Ask New 2.4 Maintainer Marcelo Tosatti Anything

Posted by timothy on from the except-the-nude-beaches dept.

Linus keeps hinting (declaring, even) that he's nearly ready to work full-time on the 2.5 development branch of his kernel, and hand the 2.4 kernel off to Marcelo Tosatti. Marcelo's graciously agreeed to answer questions (you might want to read some of his mailing list contributions first), so here's your chance to ask him what he'll do in the famous footsteps of Linus and Alan Cox, and how he got there. Please only put one question per post; we'll pass along the top-rated comments to Marcelo for his answers, and hear back from him shortly.

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  1. Coup by ksw2 · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Do you ever have strange, murky dreams about launching a major coup against the established leaders of the Linux kernel, surmounting their positions and establishing yourself as the all-time evil maniacal leader of Linux? (mwuhahaha)

  2. You are an encouragement to 18 yr olds everywhere! by danpbrowning · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    Marcelo,

    I must say that you are an amazing yet rare individual, to have commanded that much respect at the age of 18. Wow. I can't handle OS design now, let alone when I was 18. Would you be so kind as to share some about your upbringing, environment, faith, or other factors that were beneficial to you in making you who you are today?

    Thank you,

    --
    Daniel