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2.4, The Kernel and Forking

Posted by Hemos on from the not-as-such-but-fun-discussions dept.

darthcamaro writes "We all assume that the kernel is the kernel that is maintained by kernel.org and that Linux won't fork the way UNIX did..right? There's a great story at internetnews.com about the SuSe CTO taking issue with Red Hat backporting features of the 2.6 Kernel into its own version of the 2.4 kernel. "I think it's a mistake, I think it's a big mistake," he said. "It's a big mistake because of one reason, this work is not going to be supported by the open source community because it's not interesting anymore because everyone else is working on 2.6." My read on this is a thinly veiled attack on Red Hat for 'forking' the kernel. The article also give a bit of background on SuSe's recent decision to GPL their setup tool YAST, which they hope other distros will adopt too."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Yo bitch, you ever had your asshole licked by a fat man in an overcoat?"

  2. Yay? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yay.

  3. n-gage qd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DO not BUY an NGAGE qd!********

  4. Re:so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Some virgins around this place have been unforked for more than 40 years!

  5. tmod d0wn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  6. Re:Forget Forking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    omfg this is teh funniess!!!1!11!

  7. Gentoo upgrade fucked up my config files by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Goddammit!

    emerge -UD world

    fuxored my config files for kdm/xdcmp, samba and the net in general.

  8. damnit! by tolan-b · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i moderated you overrated instead of underrated by accident, so i'm just posting this to void my moderation ;)

    1. Re:damnit! by MartinG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Thanks.

      Hmm. I wonder if the moderation you voided will still be eligible for meta-moderation or not?

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