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Linux biz kernel maintainer cites problems
August 21, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
Is there trouble with a capital T in Linux? Yes, according to Linux 2.6.x.y co-maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman. Despite scores of satisfied customers, from Novell to Red Hat, problems with the enterprise Linux kernel include infrequent updates, terrible power management, insufficient communication between vendors and the kernel braintrust and shutdown problems specific to mobile devices. There's also the big issue of whether Linux knowledge is too centralized--what if something happens to Linus Torvalds?
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