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Lack Of Testing 'threatening Stability Of Linux'
News A lack of commitment to testing by the Linux community may ultimately threaten the stability of the operating system, Linux kernel co-maintainer Andrew Morton has warned. Morton commented on the ongoing war of words between Linus Torvalds and...
[April 22, 2005, 10:15]
Linux Development Slows
News Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, said last week that although the next version of the kernel is due for final release soon, few features have been planned for the subsequent release.
[September 26, 2005, 13:45]
Linux Brings VMware Into The Fold
News But Andrew Morton, a key deputy to Linux leader Linus Torvalds, is advocating an interface in the Linux kernel that would let it work with any virtualisation foundation. Morton said he prefers a neutral interface that works with any hypervisor...
[April 18, 2006, 11:35]
Linux Kernel 2.6 Heads For Final Testing
News The release is one more incremental step towards the finalisation of version 2.6.0, which was originally planned for mid-2003 and will now probably arrive in December, according to Andrew Morton, the programmer in charge of the software.
[November 27, 2003, 12:45]
Linux Reaches 2.6 Milestone
News Torvalds formally passed the 2.6 baton to Morton in his announcement: "We'll work together, but Andrew is boss. Torvalds has been locking down the 2.6.0 test versions for months, and Andrew Morton, the programmer in charge of 2.6.0, has said he...
[December 18, 2003, 7:55]
Linux Lab Hires Heavy Hitters
News A day after Linux founder Linus Torvalds joined the Open-Source Development Lab, the group has hired another top programmer, Andrew Morton, who will assume responsibility for the upcoming 2.6 version of Linux.
[July 3, 2003, 8:59]
Virtualisation In The Linux Kernel
News For one thing, Andrew Morton, a top deputy to Torvalds, told ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com he hasn't looked at OpenVZ or Vserver. We need to have a lot of conversations with Andrew Morton and Linus Torvalds," he says.
[January 20, 2006, 10:50]
Latest Linux Kernel Due In December
News The current test version, 2.6.0-test10, should be the last, and 2.6.0 itself will emerge by the end of the year "unless the wheels fall off in a serious manner," 2.6 overseer Andrew Morton said in an interview on Tuesday.
[November 26, 2003, 9:20]
Torvalds Moves Next Linux Into Final Phase
News Torvalds released version 2.6.0-test7 of the Linux kernel on Wednesday, saying he and 2.6 leader Andrew Morton now are directing programmers to focus on stability rather than cleaning up the code. I and Andrew are trying to calm down development...
[October 10, 2003, 12:10]
Torvalds Updates New Linux
News Although Torvalds released the new version, most of the updates were approved by Andrew Morton, who has been named to maintain the 2.6 software. At the top of Morton's list of changes in 2.6.0 was the ability to run on multiprocessor servers -- the...
[January 12, 2004, 9:20]
Data-loss Bug Afflicts Linux
News The data-loss problem is "not very severe," said programmer Andrew Morton in an e-mail interview. Morton added that the bug is contingent on using ext3 in "a specialized mode, which in practice is rather slow.
[December 9, 2002, 8:27]
Linux Kernel 'getting Buggier'
News Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, is worried that an increasing number of defects are appearing in the 2.6 kernel and is considering drastic action to resolve it. It seems we're adding bugs at a higher rate than we...
[May 5, 2006, 16:35]
13-year Old To Address Linux Conference
News Other speakers at the event will include presentations from Eben Moglen (General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation), Rasmus Lerdorf (author of PHP), Robert Love (Linux kernel developer), Andrew Morton (Linux 2.6 kernel maintainer) and...
[February 2, 2005, 11:25]
Next Linux Beta Imminent, Says Torvalds
News He and Andrew Morton, the programmer who will maintain the 2.6 version, "are talking about starting a pre-2.6 series next week," Torvalds said. Although Linus Torvalds didn't meet a goal to release the upcoming 2.6 version of the Linux operating...
[July 3, 2003, 9:17]
SCO Was The 'best Thing That Ever Happened' To Linux
News Cohen, who heads the organisation that employs Linus Torvalds and lead kernel maintainer Andrew Morton, said that although the litigation is "nearly dead now", its legacy is the due diligence that was done around the world on the Linux code base.
[March 10, 2005, 9:45]
Linux Lab Cuts Staff And Focuses On Legal Work
News That leaves a staff of 19, including Tom Hanrahan in charge of engineering, Diane Peters in charge of legal work, and top Linux programmers Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton. Open Source Development Labs, an industry-funded consortium, has cut a...
[December 6, 2006, 14:09]
Linux Kernel Gets Oracle Cluster Support
News Now the software will be distributed as part of the Linux kernel version 2.6.16, according to Andrew Morton, Linux 2.6 kernel maintainer. Oracle on Tuesday touted at LinuxWorld that its Cluster File System 2 for Linux will be distributed with the...
[April 5, 2006, 10:35]
Linux Kernel Gains Serviceability Features
News We expect it to be really valuable for the kernel development team, permitting us to gather detailed information regarding kernel bugs from our worldwide testing team," said Andrew Morton, one of the kernel maintainers.
[December 15, 2006, 8:45]
The Power Base Of Linux
News Everybody looks at it, everybody evaluates it, everybody criticises it, and then, when the subsystem maintainers are comfortable, they send the code to Linus or to Andrew Morton, and once again, they go through the very public process of the code...
[January 22, 2004, 9:35]
Torvalds Wraps Up Work On Linux Core
News We (Torvalds and developer Andrew Morton) are going to start a 'pre-2.6' series, where getting patches in is going to be a lot harder. Linus Torvalds has published the last release of the current Linux development kernel, clearing the way to start...
[July 11, 2003, 12:17]
