Linus Torvalds is the star guest at Australia's annual Linux conference. ZDNet.com.au once again took a video crew to Melbourne in January and caught up with the man behind Linux.
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Aussie icon set to go global
The poster child of the Linux movement is set to be temporarily replaced by a cleverly disguised marsupial to raise awareness for the plight of Tasmanian devils.
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Torvalds dumps KDE for Gnome
Ticked off at the latest revamp of KDE, Linux progenitor Linus Torvalds has switched to GNOME. Apparently he thought KDE 4.0 was a "disaster" and "half-baked". Harsh words indeed.
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NZ location for Linux.conf.au 2010
This year, Linux fans "marched south" for Linux.conf.au (LCA) in Hobart. Last week, conference organisers told delegates that they would be heading overseas to Wellington, New Zealand for LCA 2010.
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Torvalds shaves Garbee's beard: Photos
In these photos, Linux founder Linus Torvalds shaves Hewlett-Packard Linux CTO and open-source luminary Bdale Garbee's beard to raise money for the endangered Tasmanian Devil species.
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Asia's open source hangup
One of the main draws and selling point of open source technology is its much celebrated developer ecosystem. But, according to an industry expert, this community spirit seems to be lacking in Asia.
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Kernel coding no picnic, says Torvalds
Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel.
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OpenBSD devs respond to Torvalds' monkey jibe
OpenBSD developers have responded to comments made by Linus Torvalds that they are a "bunch of masturbating monkeys".
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Torvalds criticises the 'security circus'
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labelled makers of the rival OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys" in a wider critique of what he said was self-centred behaviour in the IT security industry.
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Torvalds releases Linux kernel 2.6.25
Linus Torvalds has released the latest version of the "stable" Linux kernel, version 2.6.25, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualisation, real-time scheduling and file systems.
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Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying
Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air".
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Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding
Linus Torvalds at linux.conf.au 2008 discussed how C remains the most appropriate coding language for the Linux kernel.
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Torvalds: Contributors' boss is not my concern
Linus Torvalds has revealed he sometimes doesn't even know those involved in Linux work for.
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Torvalds admits latest release timing a mistake
Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel co-ordinator, admits that the timing of the Linux 2.6.24 kernel was a mistake.
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Linux kernel is an invisible magician: Torvalds
The Linux kernel has reached a level of maturity where it mostly goes unnoticed and acts like an "invisible magician in the background", according to Linus Torvalds.
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If Torvalds quit Linux would anyone notice?
If Linus Torvalds stepped away from his position as coordinator of the Linux kernel, it is unlikely many people would notice, according to the man himself.
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Photos: Linux.conf.au 2008
This year's linux.conf.au conference, held at Melbourne University, was an all out Linux free-for-all. Highlights include images of the new XO Linux laptop and an interview with Linus Torvalds.
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Linux is ready to go green: Linus Torvalds
The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne this week attending Australia's largest Linux conference.
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Linux.conf.au 2007
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Video: Torvalds unimpressed with DRM, GPLv3
In this 3.5 minute video, Linus Torvalds talks about why digital rights management and the General Public License cause a lot of "hot air" to be exchanged but do not amount to a "big deal".
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Three months is long term for me: Torvalds
Linus Torvalds said he tends to not plan further than three months into the future.
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Torvalds explains why the kernel is special
In this one minute video, the creator and maintainer of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, explains what makes his pet project so special.
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Kernel developers are 'unfriendly': Torvalds
The kernel development community can be "unfriendly", according to Linus Torvalds. In this three minute video, the Linux guru talks about why it is getting more difficult to bring in new blood.
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Torvalds surprised by resilience of 2.6 kernel
Linus Torvalds explains why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has delayed the move to kernel version 2.7. In this two minute video he said that when work started on 2.6, he was worried that major changes would destabilise the kernel.
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