Gmail Drive

Today i search a striking facilities given by gmail. We can browse gmail drive as local drive in system. In windows i downloaded GMailFs software that put gmailfs.dll file in c:\windows\system32\ShellEXt, which enable to get gmail drive by inputing gmail id and password.

kernel branch

Linux kernel development process consist branches
main 2.6.x kernel tree maintained by linux torvald
stable 2.6.x.y is stable tree branch

Free software

"Free Software" a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech”, not as in “free beer”.

Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

• The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
• The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
• The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to t

Linux as a microkernel

To achieve many of the theoretical advantages of microkernels without introducing performance penalties, the Linux kernel offers modules . A module is an object file whose code can be linked to (and unlinked from) the kernel at runtime. The object code usually consists of a set of functions that implements a filesystem, a device driver, or other features at the kernel's upper layer. The module, unlike the external layers of microkernel operating systems, does not run as a specific process. Instead, it is executed in Kernel Mode on behalf of the current process, like any other statically linked kernel function.

tldap

Today while reading README of kernel git source, i get the new fact that tldap is basically stands for The Linux Documentation Project. A number of times i visited tldap.org website but i was unaware about this fact. tldap is basically a point where one can learn HOW TO and Guide for kernel and Linux applications and tools.

Torvalds Linux kernel

Linus torvald contributed in kernel development. torvald latest kernel source can be downloaded using git.Clone given project git.kernle.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git.

Just for fun

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary is a humorous autobiographyof linus torvalds , the creator of the linux kernel , co-written with david diamond. The book explains Linus' view of himself,open source development the and the development of linux.

Flame war

The Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate is a debate between Andrew_S._Tanenbaum" and Linus Torvalds , regarding Linux and architecture in general. Tanenbaum began the debate in 1992 on the discussion group "news:///comp.os.minix"