content/os/9 lessons from 25 years of Linux kernel development.md

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Title: 9 lessons from 25 years of Linux kernel development Date: 2016-12-15 09:49:00 Categories:

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Learn about top Linux kernel development best practices by Greg Kroah-Hartman (a Linux kernel developer and maintainer for the -stable branch). Some of the advice given by Kroah-Hartman are:

• Short release cycles are important.
• Process scalability requires a distributed, hierarchical development model.
• Tools matter.

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