Torvalds Says It's No Picnic To Become Major Linux Coder

Jack Spine writes "Linus Torvalds has given an interview to ZDNet.co.uk about the trials and tribulations of becoming a Linux kernel developer. 'Torvalds said that, while it is relatively easy for coders and organisations to contribute small patches, the contribution of large patches, developed in isolation, could lead to both new and established contributors becoming frustrated. "It's definitely not easy to become a 'big contributor'," wrote Torvalds. "For one thing, the kernel is quite complex and big, and it inevitably simply takes time to learn all the rules — not just for the code, but for how the whole development environment works. Similarly, for a new developer, it will take time before people start recognising the name and start trusting the developer to do the right things.""

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First Post

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like the First Post. Does the NEW Kernel run on linux? j/k, It would be great to get inot helping the OSS More with donating my time to development, but i feel that im not a good enough programmer to even handle that. Im mean sure, Ive done some C/C++, and some OpenGL. Right now All I do is ASP .Net and C#.
Hey Torvalds: What IDE do you use for writting Code? Or are you hard core and use the vi?

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[Anonymous Coward]

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