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Three-year Anniversary of Kernel Traffic

Posted by chrisd on from the zack-brown-is-very-cool dept.

Eric Gibson writes: "Thought everybody might want to know, today is the three-year anniversary of kernel traffic. The site for those of us that want to like to keep up with the goings-on of the kernel mailing list, but can't afford to read 1500+ emails a day. ;-) Congratulations to the maintainer who has kept this site alive, through trial and tribulation."

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  1. 3rd Anniversary of Kernel Traffic by dbarron · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm truly glad it's there for reference. I really miss some of the sites that have been more or less lost (ie www.linuxhq.com, www.webwatcher.org,etc). Today's economy and the maintainers lack of time/interest have taken their tolls.

  2. Great stuff by spatrick_123 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This site is so useful not only for those of us who can't follow the huge volume of email, but also for people who either got into the game late or only read sporadically. It's sort of like jumping into a TV show in the 8th season and having a wonderful reference to give you background on the first 7. Thanks so much to everyone at kernel traffic!

  3. Kernel Traffic is better for me by Weird+Dave · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Kernel traffic is doing everybody who has limited bandwidth a favor. It increases awareness of Kernel issues, even to those who know they won't become active developers.

    The original post was obviously hyperbole, but having subscribed to the list myself, I know how quickly lkml can eat up your disk quota if you aren't vigilant.

    Zack Brown deserves props specifically for the bug reports you mentioned. If I found a kernel bug, I wouldn't have previously known how to report it, or whether it was already reported, without sifting through tons of mailing list archives.

    I read kernel traffic weekly, and I feel like the few minutes I spend reading it really keeps me on top of what's going on.

    Overall, people with a 56k modem cannot deal with lkml, and they shouldn't have to.

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  4. Re:Speaking of that... by AnalogBoy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You're right.. At that point, wouldn't a newsgroup be more appropriate?

    On SunManagers i used to get about 100 a day on heavy days, and that was a LOT for me to handle. I ended up creating a new e-mail account specifically for mailing lists.. Between the SM list, Legato NotWorker, Veritas...

    Just a side comment: Slashdot looks *SO MUCH BETTER* in this blue color. When will we get the option to theme slashot, like other weblog engines have? :/

  5. Re:the one where I agree by psavo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Heh, if you want to get spoilers (before monday ;), I personally always read Linux Weekly News every thursday. Especially the kernel pages.
    Also the Kerneltrap has sometimes news on latest kernel developments (like recent O(1)+preempt patch..).

    Speaking of that, they should have full interview with Alan Cox tomorrow..

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