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16 Interviews With Linux Kernel Hackers
DeviceGuru writes "The Linux Foundation has published a series of video interviews from the annual Linux Kernel Summit held Sept. 15-16 in Portland, Oregon. In the videos, 16 developers — including Linux creator Linus Torvalds — discuss their kernel development activities. Other kernel hackers interviewed include Rafael Wysocki, Chris Mason, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Mathieu Desnoyers, Paul Mackerras, John Linville, Stephen Rothwell, Kristen Accardi, Dirk Hohndel, Dave Jones, David Miller, Len Brown, Jon Corbet, Frank Eigler, and Ted Tso. A detailed report on the Summit can be found at LWN. Lots of interesting insights into the status and future of Linux!"
You realize some of those guys are married right? Oh sorry the news didn't reach your mom's basement yet.
I did not think there were many Linux hackers, as the opportunity to do widespread damage was so low due to the relative obscurity of the OS.
Oh, wait, you are using the term "hacker" to mean "computer hobbyist"!! I get it now...
umm, 1994 just called. She wants her jargon back...
Seriously, using "hacker" in this context is about six months shy of using "gay" to mean "merry." Like it or not, popular media and language usage has changed the word's meaning, and to insist otherwise is to insist upon being misunderstood.
accou8ts for less
I know this is a nice and positive use of the word "hacker" but aren't they really "developers"?
... or am I being too pedantic?
"Linux Hackers", at least of the Black Hat veriety, conjures up images of people who change the Linux Kernel to include features like key-logging and undetectable remote login...
I guess we could call them Linux Hackers of the White Hat variety, but then the "hacker" part still implies that they are outsideres who are making changes to someone else's code. It sounds like these guys are the original developers, and not hackers
My favorite quote doesn't fit into 120 characters. Now no one will like me.