Getting Into Linux Kernel Development After 30 Years
Talkat Open Source Summit Europe 2022 · on Wednesday, 2022-09-14· at 16:40· Liffey B Part 2 (Level 1), Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, N Wall Quay, North Wall Dublin 1, D01 T1·
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Linux kernel still grows fast — about 25,000 developers and roughly 9M→34M LOC since 2008 — so concrete, small wins matter: follow the Linux Foundation free beginner course, apply to the 3‑month Linux Foundation mentorship or Outreachy internships, work through the kernelchallenge exercises, and fix issues flagged by sparse and smatch static analysis or Coverity reports. Build and boot kernels in a VM or on cheap boards, submit patches to mailing lists, and count on incremental accepted fixes and review replies to prove competence and land paid work.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:42Evolution of Linux
- 1:37Who Develops Linux
- 3:17Problems with Linux
- 4:10Linux Foundation Course
- 5:00Linux Foundation Free Courses
- 5:17Linux Foundation Paid Courses
- 5:49Linux Kernel Mentorship
- 7:27Outreach Internship
- 7:58Nuclear Challenge
- 10:04Websites
- 11:41Live Mentorship Series
- 13:25Documentation
- 15:33Component
- 19:44Examples
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