Linux founder Lenas Tovaz "still wants to occupy the desktop market"

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In a LinuxCon panel discussion, Lenas Tovoz presented in-depth insights on the 2014 Linux Development and non-development content.

CHICAGO-Linux fans gathered in LinuxCon today to listen to Linux core developers, especially Lenas Tovoz, who were not disappointed. At the theme Group meeting, Torvalds spoke of his hopes and the 2014 challenge to Linux.

Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-hartman hosted the discussion and thought that the Linux have been run on any foot fell . He asked Torvalds what he thought Linux should do next .

"I still want to be on the table," Torvalds said, and the audience burst into a lively applause.

The challenge on the desktop is not a kernel issue, Torvalds says. "It's a whole infrastructure problem and I think we'll be successful someday." ”

Torvalds also discusses the issue of kernel-wide testing, and points out that there is a problem with testing the driver on the actual hardware. He believes there is a need to encourage the Linux user community to be part of testing the latest kernel. "This is the only way we find strange hardware problems," he said. "Most developers have something new and old in the rest of the world. ”
The issue of kernel code bloat is also mentioned because Linux is running on small embedded devices.

Torvalds said he was happy with the shrinking size of Linux "we've been making the kernel swell over the last 20 years, but the hardware is growing faster," he said.

Torvalds wants to challenge the limits of the embedded market, despite some challenges. He pointed out that some small device vendors already have their own operating system technology, and these vendors do not always make Linux kernel developers easy to use hardware.
One of the big successes of Linux in recent years on small devices is the rise of Raspberry Pi devices; Mini-computers are very helpful in finding a Linux development community for small devices, he says.


Maintenance personnel

The problem with Linux's code maintenance is another hot topic pointed out by Torvalds, who points out that some Linux kernel code has only one maintainer, which could mean trouble when the maintainer is taking part of the time.
Torvalds says a good example of this is the maintenance of x86, which is now maintained by multiple people. It's also a way for ARM Linux developers to be growing more recently.
"When I was doing arm mergers before, I wanted to kill myself and pull some arm developers to accompany me," Torvalds said. "It's not that painful now, arm developers are taking a multi-person maintenance approach. ”
Torvalds also discusses code rewriting in Linux. While rewriting the code is a challenge, it's also a benefit, he says.
"The old code was rewritten, which is the mark of life," Torvalds said. "It makes my work interesting. ”

Linux founder Lenas Tovaz "still wants to occupy the desktop market"