linus torvalds linux
Intel Tools for Thread-Oriented Development on Linux
White Paper In part, this was due to a unique threading model initially supported by Linus Torvalds, the driving force behind the Linux project. During the last few years, Torvalds and the keepers of the Linux flame have added significant improvements to these... [31 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, Geek Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds was in jubilant and joking mood following the announcement. Torvalds wrote in an email: "I may make fun of Microsoft occasionally, and yeah, I think they do stupid things at times but I think this one... [29 Feb 2008]
Praise for Microsoft from open source Linux leader
News Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel project that's among the best-known open source threats to Windows, has words of praise for Microsoft's announcement last week that it would share some previously hard-to-get technology with open source... [26 Feb 2008]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Linus Torvalds makes a repeat appearance on the Agenda Setters list this year after dropping out of the top 50 in 2006. Torvalds is still happy to rock the software boat too - having spoken candidly this year about what he sees as Microsoft... [12 Oct 2007]
Open season
AS Analysis GNU founder Richard Stallman reappears at number 40 in the rankings and Linux creator Linus Torvalds at number 44 after a brief absence by both men from the Agenda Setters list of 2006. Microsoft has been at the centre of controversy over the past... [12 Oct 2007]
Bruce Perens
AS Profile Beating father of Linux Linus Torvalds in the rankings, Bruce Perens was singled out by this year's panel for his pre-eminence in keeping the flag of free and open-source software flying high. Author of The Open Source Definition, a self-described... [12 Oct 2007]
Open source gets own legal pow wows
News It sponsors the work of Linux founder Linus Torvalds and counts companies such as Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel and Novell among its members. The Linux Foundation, custodian of the Linux trademark, has announced two summits to deal with legal... [13 Sep 2007]
Microsoft 'building open-source cult of fear'
News Microsoft is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt among open source users, Linus Torvalds has said in an interview. It is this type of claim which angers Torvalds. But despite the controversy, Torvalds remains nonplussed. [14 Aug 2007]
Red Hat gets real about KVM virtualisation
News The endorsement comes on the heels of another significant KVM achievement that bodes well for its adoption: Linux leader Linus Torvalds accepted KVM into the main Linux source code tree in February, a move that makes maintenance and debugging... [15 Feb 2007]
Open source alliance forged over Linux standards
News OSDL, which employs Linux founder Linus Torvalds, was established in 2000 to try to improve the operating system for high-end servers. The Open Source Developer Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG), two groups trying to standardise and... [22 Jan 2007]
MySQL puts off automatic move to GPL 3
News Linus Torvalds and other Linux kernel programmers have shown little enthusiasm for the changes. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) last year launched an initial draft of the GPL version 3, the licence used by thousands of open source products... [05 Jan 2007]
Bruce Perens
AS Profile Move over Linus Torvalds. On previous Agenda Setters lists the 'father of Linux' won a spot for leading the open source revolution. Not just a techie, though he worked on the Debian version of Linux and numerous other software projects, Perens has... [25 Sep 2006]
Anti-DRM day to debut next month
News But Linux creator Linus Torvalds has said DRM can play an integral role in security, and claimed proposed revisions to the GPL go too far. An awareness day to highlight the fight against digital rights management (DRM) will be held on 3 October. [04 Sep 2006]
Torvalds agrees to Linux "breather"
News Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux and maintainer of the development kernel, has agreed with his second-in-command, Andrew Morton, that the Linux kernel is becoming more bug-ridden. Torvalds agreed with Morton's comments in an interview with news... [10 May 2006]
Intel and Red Hat team for 17 development centres
News Intel is working to make sure Linux programmers such as Linux leader Linus Torvalds are in the vanguard, though. Linus has a 'Merom' system now and just loves it," Hohndel said, referring to the next-generation dual-core processor for laptops Intel... [05 Apr 2006]
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