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10 unusual facts about Linux kernel


B.A.T.M.A.N.

The batman-adv kernel module is part of the official Linux kernel since 2.6.38.

Devicescape Software

Some of the company's products were based on open-source software, including the Linux kernel and wpa supplicant.

Free60

To date, there are two Linux kernel patchsets available, one for 2.6.21 and one for 2.6.24.3.

Gun data computer

As of 2009, the U.S. Army was transitioning from a version based on a Sun Microsystems SPARC computer running the Linux kernel to a version based on laptop computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Linux Mark Institute

The Linux Mark Institute (LMI) is an organization which administers the "Linux" trademark on behalf of Linus Torvalds for computer software which includes the Linux kernel, computer hardware utilizing Linux-based software, and for services associated with the implementation and documentation of Linux-based products.

MicroBlaze

With the memory management unit, MicroBlaze is capable of hosting operating systems requiring hardware-based paging and protection, such as the Linux kernel.

OtherOS

There have been developments in enabling access to the RSX through the Linux kernel and the X Window System.

However, Sony included an option in the XMB menu soon after the PlayStation 3 launched that allowed booting into Linux from the hard drive or from a Live CD that the distributor's kernel would boot.

Rémy Card

Rémy Card is a French software developer who is noted for his contributions to the Linux kernel.

Warmux

The teams are styled after the mascots of various free software projects, such as GNU, Linux, FreeBSD, KDE, GIMP, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, Suse, Workrave, NuFW, SPIP, and Bugzilla.


9793 Torvalds

The asteroid is named after Linus Torvalds, a Finnish-American software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel.

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Linus Torvalds, initial creator of the Linux kernel, in November 2003 described ACPI as "a complete design disaster in every way".

Binary blob

In the Linux kernel development community, Linus Torvalds has made strong statements on the issue of binary-only modules, asserting: "I refuse to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module", and continuing: "I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules, it's THEIR problem".

China–Finland relations

Linux, the open source code first developed by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds, is playing a major role in the development of China’s IT sector – and in the country’s rapid industrial development as a whole.

Just for Fun

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary is a humorous autobiography of Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, co-written with David Diamond.

QEMU

KQEMU was a Linux kernel module, also written by Fabrice Bellard, which notably speeded up emulation of x86 or x86-64 guests on platforms with the same CPU architecture.

Sinclair QL

Linus Torvalds has attributed his eventually inventing and developing the Linux kernel in part to his having owned a Sinclair QL in the 1980s.

Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate

The Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate was a debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding Linux and kernel architecture in general.