"Visit Dubai!"
CaitlΓn Doherty: I went to Dubai wrongheaded. I learnt nothing and left nauseated. I had thought it would be fun -- funny, even -- to experience the disorientation of standing at the pivot point between two world systems. Instead, it...
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ICYMI: the recording of @corbet's recent #OSSNA25 talk "Three Decades in Kernelland" recently became available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNLBGiwfBSI
From the abstract[1]: The #Linux #kernel project has been going for well over 30 years. From its beginnings on floppy diskettes and beige boxes through to its current home in pockets and unseen data centers, the kernel project has been a constant exercise in rapid development and adaptation. I have been present for almost all of the kernel project's history as an observer, contributor, maintainer, and more; all that experience will be boiled down into a fast-moving tour of how the #LinuxKernel got to where it is, what makes it successful, and what may be coming next.
[1] https://ossna2025.sched.com/event/1zfit/three-decades-in-kernelland-jonathan-corbet-lwnnet