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Not every vendor's kernel is the same

Not every vendor's kernel is the same

Posted Dec 6, 2004 17:29 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: Not every vendor's kernel is the same by andyo
Parent article: The Linux Kernel's Fuzzy Future (InformationWeek)

One of the core ideas behind the current development model was to minimize the divergence between the mainline kernel and what the distributors ship. Getting features into the mainline reduces the temptation to backport them to older kernels.


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