Linux gets a boost from mobile

September 17, 2013

Although not originally designed for telephones or tablets, the Linux kernel is now getting more contributions than ever from mobile and portable device vendors, whose input is driving a heretofore unseen rate of development for the open source project. “You see this tremendous acceleration of code happening due to an incredibly broad device enablement,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation, referring to how makers of tablets, smartphones, wearable computers and sensor devices are all using the kernel. “Nobody is making anything these days without Linux, unless your name is Microsoft, Apple, or BlackBerry,” Zemlin said. Collectively, the mobile-focused Linaro, Samsung and Texas Instruments increased their collective contributions to the kernel in the past year, to 11 percent of all contributions, up from 4.4 percent the year before according to Linux Foundation’s latest yearly report on who contributes to the Linux kernel. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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