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KernelTrap Interview With Alan Cox

Posted by timothy on from the player-versus-player-violence dept.

Jeremy writes "KernelTrap has spoken with Linux guru Alan Cox. He is perhaps the second most influental Linux kernel hacker, next only to Linus. In this interview he talks about himself, his history with computers and Linux, working for Red Hat, Marcello and the 2.4 kernel, the DMCA, the future of Linux and much more."

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  1. Slashdotted already ;-) by Erik+Hensema · · Score: 3, Funny

    And only four minutes after being posted, this must be some kind of world record ;-)

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  2. What makes me like Alan... by ChaoticCoyote · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...is a single comment of his: "Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there."

    Dammed fine words to live by.

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  3. What a great quote by baptiste · · Score: 3, Funny
    JA: Is there anything else you'd like to add?

    Alan Cox: Another zero to the end of the average Linux uptime, [...]

    Love it! As for the /.ing - I jumped in right when the story popped up and PHP_Nuke was already showing 803 guests online so it went down fast and hard!

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  4. Re:DMCA Issue. by sg_oneill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure you could decompile it.... That's the beauty of writing your kernels in python ;)

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