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To better the OS and grow participation, Linux's backers want to help developers negotiate what's become a complex community of people and processes.
While Microsoft Windows is built by an army of the software giant's paid engineers, Linux is written by a community of contributors. Yet joining that community isn't as easy e-mailing a piece of code to, say, Linus Torvalds, the OS's originator. That fact has long dogged the Linux community, supporters say, fostering a belief that joining the effort is difficult owing to the fairly complex processes and procedures already in place for adding and reviewing code. As a result, the Linux Foundation is aiming to simplify the task of contributing code, with a new guide to helping would-be contributors to the Linux kernel. "The idea that working with the kernel community is hard, to me, is a myth or at least a misconception," Linux kernel contributor Jonathan Corbet told InternetNews.com. "It is only hard if you don't take the time to learn how the community works." RELATED ARTICLES Who Writes Linux? There Are a Lot of Unknowns Linux 2.6.26 Opens Up to Debugging Sweeping Changes in New Linux Kernel Linux Kernel Hits 2.6.24 For more stories on this topic: "Whenever you step into a large, organized operation, there are going to be some ground rules, and if you ignore those rules, you will find working with the community very hard," said Corbet, who authored the guide. Considering that Linux is rapidly gaining momentum in the enterprise, understanding how to freely participate in kernel development could benefit... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]
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