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Linux Foundation Outsourcing Linux to Akamai (Privacy Issue)
Can the Linux staff at LF not set up Varnish, Squid, Git etc. for hosting?
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Akamai to host kernel.org, bolstering Linux development
Linux, with its 28 million lines of code, is a collaborative effort involving over 13,500 developers from more than 1,300 companies since 2005. The operating system is fundamental to various technologies, from smartphones to supercomputers, and is critical for the operation of the internet and world’s stock exchanges.
LWN:
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A new home for kernel.org
Akamai has sent out a press release saying that it is now hosting the kernel.org repositories.
Article about this: (funded by LF though)
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Akamai Picks Up Hosting for Kernel.org
Akamai says it has signed a multiyear agreement with the Linux Kernel Organization, which itself is managed by the Linux Foundation, to “provide infrastructure services to the project and its global cohort of developers.”
“We’re very committed to open source. We’re built on open source technologies like Linux. We’re heavy kernel users. We’ve been very active in kind of different standards bodies forever,” Akamai SVP of Product Jon Alexander told me. “Open source is very important to Akamai as a company and we want to give back to the community, and supporting the Linux kernel is one way we can do that.”
Late coverage in Linux Magazine:
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Akamai Will Host kernel.org
The organization dedicated to cloud-based solutions has agreed to host kernel.org to deliver long-term stability for the development team.
Steven Vaughan-Nichols:
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Akamai becomes the official distributor of the Linux kernel
When I was a young--well, younger anyway--squirt, I ftped my Linux kernel code from Ted T’so, one of the first Linux kernel developers, personal PC, tsx-11.mit.edu. I was glad to do it! Before T'so set up his repository, you had to download the files from Linus Toravalds' machine in Helsinki, Finland, which was s l o w. Mind you, at the time, I recall I downloaded it at a "blazing" fast 64 Kilobits per second (Kbps) over an ISDN line. Hey, it was great in its day.
Things have gotten orders of magnitude faster since those days! Now, Akamai, the well-known content delivery network (CDN) and cloud company, has announced a multi-year partnership with the Linux Kernel Organization. This collaboration aims to provide critical infrastructure support for the development and distribution of the Linux kernel, ensuring uninterrupted access for its global network of developers.