What's Wrong With Enterprise Linux?
There are a lot of things that Linux users and developers say are good about Linux.
But at least one notable Linux kernel developer sees plenty not to love.
"I think the enterprise stable kernel model doesn't work," said Greg Kroah-Hartman, who works closely with Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton, the keepers of the Linux kernel and its development.
"I think stable enterprise Linux is really an oxymoron," Kroah-Hartman added during the recent LinuxWorld conference.
Kroah-Hartman, who sits near the pinnacle of the Linux Kernel development hierarchy just behind Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton, works with Chris Wright to maintain the 2.6.x.y kernel patches.
He said the rapid rate of change associated with Linux is a strong point. But that speed also becomes a problem for so-called Enterprise Linux kernels.
In Enterprise Linux, stability is favored with releases coming typically every 18 or so months.
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