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42 <h2>The Linux kernel in Debian</h2>
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50 <h1>The Linux kernel in Debian</h1>
51 <h3>Ben Hutchings</h3>
56 <ul class="incremental">
58 Professional software developer since 1998
61 Debian contributor since 2003
64 Regular Linux contributor since 2008
67 Maintaining a net driver in my day job, plus core networking
68 and PCI code as necessary
73 Debian kernel contributor since 2008; uploader since 2009
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76 Initially trying to deal with the non-free firmware issue
79 Moved on to triaging bugs, fixing bugs, backporting
80 features, updating packaging...
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91 Started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 as a kernel for i386
92 PCs: <q>just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu</q>
95 Adopted as the kernel of the Debian system in 1993
98 After 20 years' development, supports more hardware
99 architectures and devices than anything else
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102 Hardware vendors <em>must</em> provide Linux drivers because
103 their customers demand it
108 Still the default kernel for the Debian system
114 <h1>Linux release model</h1>
118 <h1>Debian kernel team</h1>
122 <h1>Official Linux kernel packages</h1>
126 <h1>Custom Linux kernel packages</h1>
130 <h1>Out-of-tree modules</h1>
134 <h1>Firmware files</h1>
138 <h1>Documentation</h1>
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