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Linus Moves To OSDL, Will Work On Kernel Full-Time

Posted by timothy on from the send-linus-more-penguins-for-his-desk dept.

worldwideweber writes "With the announcement of the release of the 2.5.72 version of the Linux kernel came the news that Linus Torvalds will be leaving Transmeta for OSDL to work on the linux kernel full-time. The email calls this a leave of absence for about one year." Update: 06/17 17:19 GMT by T : As many readers have pointed out, the length of Linus' leave is not actually specified in this email.

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  1. Re:Transmeta, Linus and Marketing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I was looking at transmeta based notebooks, couldn't seem to find one that shipped without windowsXP. Hands up anybody who thinks this strange.

    Why would it be strange? What else would you put on a notebook, Windows 2000? I guess if it's a Mac notebook you'd put MacOS X on it. I've tried Linux on notebooks a few times and it never really works out well, even ones that they claim are supported. Windows just works better. Linux is for servers not desktops.

  2. Now all we need... by rusty+spoon · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...is someone working on the GUI full time and in a few years we might have something worth dual booting.

    Yeah, yeah, blah, blah. This is a byline, this is not news.

    In other news; Someone called Linus changed jobs, a cat died, and more pigeon feathers were found in the park.

  3. Re:"I'm actually all teary-eyed." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ok, here's the patch.

  4. Re:Linux will not succeed on the desktop until... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Its legacy and bloat. Monolithic. Ancient. Too slow paced. Lack of innovation and direction. They want a back room server OS to be mainstream in the desktop, man theyre heads are way up theyre arses big time. They will never succeed on the desktop without MAJOR redesigning.

  5. Let's see what happens in a year by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 0, Troll

    Transmeta has always been very good at letting me spend even an inordinate amount of time on Linux, but as a result I've been feeling a little guilty at just how little "real work" I got done lately.

    Just a little guilty? Boy, what a crappy employee. Really. It's one thing to work on projects in your spare time but to leech off your employer to do so is not right. I'm sure this will encourage other employers to support their employees' work on open source projects. I guess Transmeta didn't want the bad press associated with firing Torvalds...let's see if he goes back in a year. Will Transmeta even notice he's gone (except for part where they save money on his salary)?

  6. Re:Yes, but... by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: -1, Troll

    has hundreds of features that Windows does not

    Huh? Name three. I wonder if you can name one.

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