In LinuxCon, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, said that "Linux has gone far beyond what anyone could have imagined" and that this is "the most successful software project in history."
He is right;
In the last 15 months, more than 3 million lines of code have been added to the Linux kernel. For those of you who do not understand the size of the encoding, it means 7,8 changes at the time.
Since 3,18's release at 7 December 2014, 115.000 changesets have been merged from 5.062 by individual developers who represent almost 500 businesses. The top developers working for it are Intel, Red Hat, Linaro, Samsung, and SUSE. Thousands of developers are still working for Linux, regardless of major companies.
Over 80 percent of the total kernel development is made by developers who are paid for their work. Developers who are not paid slowly are shrinking in recent years. 14,6 percent reached 2012, 13,6 percent 2013, and 11,8 percent 2014. Today the number has dropped to 7,7 percent. The number has dropped, because kernel developers are now very demanding. Anyone who demonstrates the ability to write code to the mainline core of that particular operating system has no problem finding a job.
In the past year and a half, there have been many major improvements to Linux:
- Live patching support.
- Support for Persistent-memory devices
- Encrypted storage for the ext4 file system.
- Υιοθέτηση του Berkeley packet filter (BPF) engine μέσα στον πυρήνα για την επεκτασιμότητα της better safetyς της μονάδας (security-module).
- Numerous improvements to IPv6-focused networking and datacenter enhancements.
Οι Linux προγραμματιστές έχουν στρέψει την προσοχή τους στη βελτίωση της ασφάλειας του Linux. Έχει προστεθεί υποστήριξη για πολλά χαρακτηριστικά ασφαλείας που βασίζονται στο hardware. Αυτές συμπεριλαμβάνουν τις επεκτάσεις της Intel για την protection της μνήμης και τα κλειδιά προστασίας μνήμης και προνομιακούς μηχανισμούς μη-implementations for ARM.
The kernel itself has hardened to prevent attackers from taking over the system even when there is a security gap. This is largely due to the integration of tasks of the long-term grsecurity project.
Looking at the bigger picture, that is, how Linux can become a model, not only for the development of open source software, but for the development of all software, Zemling suggests as a moral lesson for the Linux story: “You can make it better. yourself, when you make others better at the same time. ”
"Sharing is hard work," Zemlin added, "but it's a good job in every sense of the word, 'good.'
He continued, "By sharing, you make yourself and others better and that is a higher purpose, something that matters. This is the magic of Linux and open source, and this is what the Linux movement has been doing for over 25 years. ”
"Today," he added, "Linux is not imitating the past, it is here to define the future."
Η Ainissa G. Ramirez who climbed the stage after Zemlin developed how technology can shape humanity.
"Technology today is faster and more innovative than ever. If you do not believe it, just think of all those who have different lives today with Pokémon Go, which did not exist four weeks ago.
Ramirez exsignalthat we don't know what changes technology will bring. For example, the modern helmet for the American soccer led to an increase in riots. Why; Because the players started playing with their heads too. Yes, a security measure actually ended up doing it game more dangerous.
So for developers working on Linux for the next 25 years, Ramirez encourages them to realize that their work can have a much greater impact on the world than they realize. Therefore, they need to develop the technology they aspire to create a better world. He concluded, "I know what I'm asking for may not be easy, but changing the world has never been."