Stomping urban myths about Linux

  ... lacks support for devices.
"Linux supports more devices, 'out of the box', than any other operating
system ever has."
        
  ... processors ?
"Linux supports more different processors than any other operating
system ever has."

"The kernel only changes when it needs to, in ways that it needs to
change. It has been scaled down to tiny little processors when that need
came about, and was scaled way up when other people wanted to do that."

  ... "We released our code under the GPL, which states in very specific
form, exactly what your rights are when using this code. When you link
other code into our body of code, you are obligated by the license of
the kernel to also release your code under the same license (when you
distribute it.)"

 From the closing slides:
"Total world domination is proceeding as planned."

Greg Kroah-Hartman SuSE Labs/ Novell
Myths, Lies, and Truths about the Linux kernel
        http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html
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Received on Wed Jul 26 12:43:36 2006