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Interview With Kernel Hacker Dave Jones

Posted by Hemos on from the learning-the-innards dept.

A reader writes "Kerneltrap has recently interviewed Dave Jones who currently lives in London, employed by SuSE as a Linux kernel hacker. In the past six months since he graduated from the University of Glamorgan he has gotten involved in an impressive range of kernel related projects, including Powertweak, x86info, OProfile and the Kernel Janitors Project. Additionally, he maintains a -dj patch for the 2.5 development kernel, helping to sync it with the stable 2.4 kernel as well as offering increased stability. "

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  1. Athlon... by daitengu · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now you see the difference between Intel and AMD .. I really haven't seen Intel thanked by any of the Kernel hackers/developers the way AMD is constantly thanked for being so helpful. Just goes to show you what the better processor really is.

    1. Re:Athlon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      No, it just shows you who responds more to the open source crowd. "Open source" != "better". Intel has no reason to pander to some free software company. By virtue of being better, they get more money from companies with money to spend.