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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.'

3 of 155 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Release the patches already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Funny that Google's privacy policy doesn't mention this storing of user data.

  2. Re:Is it worth it? by registered_after_8_y · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, GM and Ford kind of did say that, and look in what state they are now...especially GM...

  3. Re:Togh by X3J11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I got it, and I chuckled a bit. I'd mod you back up, but alas I am unable.

    Now I'll just wait for my off topic.