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<h2 id="media-coverage">Media coverage</h2>
The <a href="/facts/LWN.net/8uTsltvM">LWN.net</a> website frequently covers discussion on the LKML, and the newsletter Kernel Traffic covered the activities of the LKML until November 2005.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a> Many internet websites include <a href="/facts/Mailing_list_archive/JfLtS62I">archives</a> of the mailing list, such as <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml">lore.kernel.org/lkml</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a> <a href="https://lkml.org">lkml.org</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30">30</a> <a href="https://mail-archive.com">mail-archive.com</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31">31</a> and <a href="/facts/Marc.info/z8rBg40J">marc.info</a>.[dead link]<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32">32</a>

<h2 id="linus-torvalds-on-lkml">Linus Torvalds on LKML</h2>
<a href="/facts/Linus_Torvalds/EdDKP534">Linus Torvalds</a> is known for angrily disagreeing with other developers on the LKML.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33">33</a> Calling himself a "really unpleasant person", he later explained "I'd like to be a nice person and curse less and encourage people to grow rather than telling them they are idiots. I'm sorry – I tried, it's just not in me."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34">34</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35">35</a>
His attitude, which Torvalds considers necessary for making his point clear, has drawn opposition from <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> programmer <a href="/facts/Sage_Sharp/n7a6C7aj">Sage Sharp</a> and <a href="/facts/Systemd/zls5HoVh">systemd</a> developer <a href="/facts/Lennart_Poettering/D7h1Ffrr">Lennart Poettering</a>, among others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36">36</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37">37</a> In 2018 Torvalds took a break from kernel development to work on improving his behavior and instituted a <a href="/facts/Code_of_conduct/EB7soVIQ">code of conduct</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38">38</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39">39</a>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Kernel.org/oejYcdPx">kernel.org</a> – home site for kernel source code distribution</li>
<li><a href="/facts/LWN.net/8uTsltvM">LWN.net</a> – among other things, provides a weekly LKML news digest</li>
<li><a href="/facts/KernelTrap/TU9TNhG6">KernelTrap</a> – former news website</li>
<li><a href="/facts/ZMailer/cbqrrh6c">ZMailer</a> – a mail transfer agent used by vger.kernel.org</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel">Subscribe to the Linux Kernel Mailing List</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html">LKML archive</a> at Indiana University</li>
<li><a href="https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel">LKML archive</a> at <a href="/facts/MARC_(archive)/z8rBg40J">MARC (archive)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html">Majordomo lists at vger.kernel.org</a> – Other Linux kernel related lists</li>
<li><a href="http://www.kernelpodcast.org/">A semi-daily LKML Summary Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160701221623/http://www.tux.org/lkml/">Official FAQ of the Linux Kernel Mailing List</a> (outdated)</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190401191835/http://www.kernelhub.org/">The Linux Kernel Hub</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kerneltraffic.org">Kernel Traffic website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">"Introduction". Kernel Traffic. <a href="http://www.kerneltraffic.org/" target="_blank">http://www.kerneltraffic.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Gallivan, Michael J. (29 December 2001). "Striking a balance between trust and control in a virtual organization: a content analysis of open source software case studies". Information Systems Journal. 11 (4): 277–304. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2575.2001.00108.x. S2CID 11868077. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Love, Robert (12 January 2005). "Patches, Hacking, and the Community". Linux Kernel Development (2nd ed.). Novell Press. ISBN 978-0-672-32720-9. <a href="978-0-672-32720-9" target="_blank">978-0-672-32720-9</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Llamosi, Albert (27 July 2004). Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3063. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-22011-4. <a href="978-3-540-22011-4" target="_blank">978-3-540-22011-4</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Defillippi, Robert (1 September 2006). Knowledge at Work: Creative Collaboration in the Global Economy (1st ed.). Blackwell Publishing Limited. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4051-0756-3. <a href="978-1-4051-0756-3" target="_blank">978-1-4051-0756-3</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Love, Robert (12 January 2005). "Patches, Hacking, and the Community". Linux Kernel Development (2nd ed.). Novell Press. ISBN 978-0-672-32720-9. <a href="978-0-672-32720-9" target="_blank">978-0-672-32720-9</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Introduction". Kernel Traffic. <a href="http://www.kerneltraffic.org/" target="_blank">http://www.kerneltraffic.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Erenkrantz, Justin R. "Release Management Within Open Source Projects" (PDF). Institute for Software Research, University of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194517/http://pascal.case.unibz.it/retrieve/3442/OSSE3-Erenkrantz.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194517/http://pascal.case.unibz.it/retrieve/3442/OSSE3-Erenkrantz.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Galli, Peter (13 December 2000). "Linux kernel to be suitable for enterprise". ZDNet Australia. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090609133017/http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Linux-kernel-to-be-suitable-for-enterprise/0,139023166,120107594,00.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090609133017/http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Linux-kernel-to-be-suitable-for-enterprise/0,139023166,120107594,00.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Shankland, Stephen (2 January 2002). "Test version of new Linux kernel available". CNet. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-247983.html" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-247983.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Love, Robert (12 January 2005). "Patches, Hacking, and the Community". Linux Kernel Development (2nd ed.). Novell Press. ISBN 978-0-672-32720-9. <a href="978-0-672-32720-9" target="_blank">978-0-672-32720-9</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Gooch, Richard. "Reporting bugs for the Linux kernel". Linux Kernel Archives. <a href="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html" target="_blank">https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">"Re: Linux logo". Linux-Kernel Archive. May 1996. <a href="http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9605/index.html#119" target="_blank">http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9605/index.html#119</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">"Wired News Releases Source Review". WIRED. 9 May 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2018. <a href="https://www.wired.com/2005/05/wired-news-releases-source-review/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2005/05/wired-news-releases-source-review/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Shankland, Stephen (1 July 2005). "Novell introduces Linux kernel debugger". CNet. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/novell-introduces-linux-kernel-debugger/" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/news/novell-introduces-linux-kernel-debugger/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Shankland, Stephen (17 February 2003). "Intel, Red Hat cure open-source hiccup". CNet. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-red-hat-cure-open-source-hiccup/" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-red-hat-cure-open-source-hiccup/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Grover, Andrew (6 December 2002). "Proposed ACPI Licensing change". Linux-Kernel Archive. <a href="http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0212.0/1387.html" target="_blank">http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0212.0/1387.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">Vance, Ashlee (20 April 2006). "Linux team tells VMware and Xen to get their acts together". The Register. <a href="/wiki/Ashlee_Vance" target="_blank">/wiki/Ashlee_Vance</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:19">Amsden, Zachary (13 March 2006). "VMI i386 Linux virtualization interface proposal". LWN.net. <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/175457/" target="_blank">https://lwn.net/Articles/175457/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">Adam, Buchbinder; Zack, Brown (9 July 2001). "IBM announces Journaled File System v 1.0.0". Kernel Traffic. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191837/http://www.kernel-traffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20010709_125.txt" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191837/http://www.kernel-traffic.org/kernel-traffic/kt20010709_125.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:21">"Linus tells Merkey, "Cry me a river"". Linux Today. 2 January 2006. Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060104083001/http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2006010200126OSCYKN" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060104083001/http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2006010200126OSCYKN</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:22">Barr, Joe (11 February 2002). "Linus tries to make himself scale". Linux.sys-con.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210757/http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32722_2.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210757/http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32722_2.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:23">Lee, Gwendolyn K.; Cole, Robert E. (December 2000). "The Linux Kernel Development As A Model of Open Source Knowledge Creation" (PDF). Haas School of Business, University of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194148/http://pascal.case.unibz.it/retrieve/3302/lee00linux.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194148/http://pascal.case.unibz.it/retrieve/3302/lee00linux.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:24">Lee, Gwendolyn K.; Cole, Robert E. (December 2000). "The Linux Kernel Development As A Model of Open Source Knowledge Creation" (PDF). Haas School of Business, University of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194148/http://pascal.case.unibz.it/retrieve/3302/lee00linux.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194148/http://pascal.case.unibz.it/retrieve/3302/lee00linux.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:25">Hertel, Guido; Niedner, Sven & Herrmann, Stefanie. "Motivation of Software Developers in Open Source Projects" (PDF). University of Kiel, Institut fuer Psychologie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061109221342/http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rp-hertelniednerherrmann.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20061109221342/http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rp-hertelniednerherrmann.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:26">Swift, Michael M.; Annamalai, Muthukaruppan; Bershad, Brian N. & Levy, Henry M. "Recovering Device Drivers". Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation. University of Washington. Retrieved 13 March 2007. <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi04/tech/swift/swift_html/" target="_blank">http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi04/tech/swift/swift_html/</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:27">"Introduction". Kernel Traffic. <a href="http://www.kerneltraffic.org/" target="_blank">http://www.kerneltraffic.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:28">"Archives". Kernel Traffic. <a href="http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/archives.html" target="_blank">http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/archives.html</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:29">"LKML Archive". lore.kernel.org. <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml" target="_blank">https://lore.kernel.org/lkml</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:30">"Latest messages". lkml.org. <a href="https://lkml.org" target="_blank">https://lkml.org</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:31">"Messages by Thread". Linux Kernel. <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:32">"Majordomo Lists". vger.kernel.org. <a href="http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel" target="_blank">http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:33">Vance, Ashlee (16 June 2015). "The Creator of Linux on the Future Without Him". Bloomberg. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/the-creator-of-linux-on-the-future-without-him" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/the-creator-of-linux-on-the-future-without-him</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:34">Sharwood, Simon (19 January 2015). "Buggy? Angry? LET IT ALL OUT says Linus Torvalds". The Register. Retrieved 8 November 2015. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/19/got_bugs_got_anger_just_get_them_out_says_linus_torvalds/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/19/got_bugs_got_anger_just_get_them_out_says_linus_torvalds/</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:35">Clarke, Gavin (7 November 2012). "Torvalds: I want to be nice, and curse less, but it's just not in me". The Register. Retrieved 8 November 2015. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/passion_of_torvalds/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/passion_of_torvalds/</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:36">"Lennart Poettering: Open Source Community "Quite A Sick Place To Be In"". Slashdot. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015. <a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/10/06/1837237/lennart-poettering-open-source-community-quite-a-sick-place-to-be-in" target="_blank">http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/10/06/1837237/lennart-poettering-open-source-community-quite-a-sick-place-to-be-in</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:37">Gold, Jon (5 October 2015). "Linux kernel dev Sarah Sharp quits, citing 'brutal' communications style". Network World. Retrieved 8 November 2015. <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/943950/linux-kernel-dev-sarah-sharp-quits-citing-brutal-communications-style.html" target="_blank">https://www.networkworld.com/article/943950/linux-kernel-dev-sarah-sharp-quits-citing-brutal-communications-style.html</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:38">Prakash, Abhishek (17 September 2018). "Torvalds Apologizes for His 'Bad Behavior', Takes a Break from Linux". It's FOSS. <a href="https://itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/" target="_blank">https://itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:39">Priyadarshini, Manisha (17 September 2018). "Linus Torvalds Is Taking A Break From Linux, Here's Why?". Fossbytes. <a href="https://fossbytes.com/linus-torvalds-taking-break-from-linux/" target="_blank">https://fossbytes.com/linus-torvalds-taking-break-from-linux/</a> <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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