Linux Kernel Development Hits An All-Time High
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2014 brought the releases of:
Linux 3.13 in January - 13 Reasons Linux 3.13 Is Going To Be Very Exciting
Linux 3.14 in March - An Overview Of The Linux 3.14 Kernel Features
Linux 3.15 in June - The Top Features Of The Linux 3.15 Kernel
Linux 3.16 in August - The New Features To The Linux 3.16 Kernel
Linux 3.17 in October - The Top Features Of The Linux 3.17 Kernel
Linux 3.18 in December - Features Of The Linux 3.18 Kernel
Linux 3.19's merge window finished in December and will be released early this year - Features Of The Linux 3.19 Kernel: Graphics & Disks Rule
A heck of a lot of features and improvements were made to the Linux kernel in 2014 as covered in over one hundred Phoronix articles and tested in dozens of independent benchmarks. For those wishing for a brief overview of the top kernel work of 2014, read Biggest Linux Kernel Features & Work Of 2014.
In trying to finish up my year-end recaps before the normal Linux news flow gets back on with developers returning to work, I ran some statistics on the Linux kernel Git repository in 2014.
On a monthly basis in 2014 there were between 523 and 1,070 individuals contributing to the upstream kernel code each month! Among the most prolific individuals landing upstream kernel commits were Linus Torvalds, H Hartley Sweeten, David S. Miller, Jes Sorensen, Malcolm Priestley, and Mark Brown.
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