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The Award for Excellence in Open Source goes to Greg Kroah-Hartman

[Posted January 30, 2026 by corbet]

Daniel Stenberg, the recipient of last year's Award for Excellence in Open Source from the European Open Source Academy, presented that award to this year's recipient: Greg Kroah-Hartman.

It's impossible to overstate the importance of the work Greg has done on Linux. In software, innovation grabs headlines, but stability saves lives and livelihoods. Every Android phone, every web server, every critical system running Linux depends on Greg's meticulous work. He ensures that when hospitals, banks, governments, and individuals rely on Linux, it doesn't fail them. His work represents the highest form of service: unglamorous, relentless, and essential.

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Posted Jan 30, 2026 15:49 UTC (Fri) by gus3 (guest, #61103) [Link]

Before this, the typical weekly kernel updates from greg k-h. Right on cue.

Thank you, Greg.

A well-deserved award

Posted Jan 30, 2026 19:46 UTC (Fri) by brian_lindholm (subscriber, #42351) [Link] (1 responses)

Many years ago, Greg KH once describe stable kernel maintenance as a "thankless job", but as a regular user of his stable kernel updates, I'm very grateful for his work. This "Award for Excellence in Open Source" is most assuredly well-deserved.

A well-deserved award

Posted Jan 31, 2026 13:25 UTC (Sat) by csamuel (✭ supporter ✭, #2624) [Link]

A huge debt of gratitude for what Greg does here - and elsewhere.

Too true!

Posted Jan 30, 2026 23:38 UTC (Fri) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

Greatly deserved, for sure. Greg isn't a household name, yet he's the one keeping the show on the road: churning out the 'battle tested' kernels that all the real-world workloads are running, 24/7, year after year. Just look at the volume of patches flowing through the stable series, every week, and it's frankly quite dizzying. For 35 years, Linus has been in charge of bringing us tomorrow's kernel; but today's kernel depends hugely on Greg's tireless work.

Optional stable update?

Posted Jan 30, 2026 23:43 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

To celebrate, he should release a stable kernel update with an admonition: "Totally optional, feel free to ignore".

Well deserved

Posted Jan 31, 2026 8:04 UTC (Sat) by cpitrat (subscriber, #116459) [Link]

A well deserved award. Congratulations, and thanks for allnthe hard work Greg!

Well deserved!

Posted Feb 2, 2026 10:08 UTC (Mon) by Sesse (subscriber, #53779) [Link]

That is all.


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