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How Google Uses Linux

Posted by timothy on from the rebasing-not-freebasing dept.

postfail writes 'lwn.net coverage of the 2009 Linux Kernel Summit includes a recap of a presentation by Google engineers on how they use Linux. According to the article, a team of 30 Google engineers is rebasing to the mainline kernel every 17 months, presently carrying 1208 patches to 2.6.26 and inserting almost 300,000 lines of code; roughly 25% of those patches are backports of newer features.'

2 of 155 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Release the patches already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we donate some money and buy these people a site that _doesn't_ look like a goatse link?

  2. Re:Togh by grcumb · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Linux dev model is NOT something to be proud of.

    Indeed:

    "The Linux dev model is the worst form of development, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill

    ... Oh wait, no. That was me, actually.

    --
    Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.