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{{Short description|Mailing list for the development of the Linux kernelnone}}

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[[Linus Torvalds]] is known for angrily disagreeing with other developers on the LKML.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/the-creator-of-linux-on-the-future-without-him |work=Bloomberg |first=Ashlee |last=Vance |title=The Creator of Linux on the Future Without Him |date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> 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{{snd}}I tried, it's just not in me."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/19/got_bugs_got_anger_just_get_them_out_says_linus_torvalds/ |title=Buggy? Angry? LET IT ALL OUT says Linus Torvalds |first=Simon |last=Sharwood |website=The Register |date=2015-01-19 |access-date=2015-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/passion_of_torvalds/ |title=Torvalds: I want to be nice, and curse less, but it's just not in me |first=Gavin |last=Clarke |website=The Register |date=2012-11-07 |access-date=2015-11-08}}</ref>

His attitude, which Torvalds considers necessary for making his point clear, has drawn opposition from [[Intel]] programmer [[Sage Sharp]] and [[systemd]] developer [[Lennart Poettering]], among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/10/06/1837237/lennart-poettering-open-source-community-quite-a-sick-place-to-be-in |title=Lennart Poettering: Open Source Community "Quite A Sick Place To Be In" |website=Slashdot |date=2014-10-06 |access-date=2015-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.networkworld.com/article/2988850/opensource-subnet943950/linux-kernel-dev-sarah-sharp-quits-citing-brutal-communications-style.html |title=Linux kernel dev Sarah Sharp quits, citing 'brutal' communications style |first=Jon |last=Gold |website=Network World |date=2015-10-05 |access-date=2015-11-08}}</ref> In 2018 Torvalds took a break from kernel development to work on improving his behavior and instituted a [[code of conduct]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Torvalds Apologizes for His 'Bad Behavior', Takes a Break from Linux |url=https://itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/ |first=Abhishek |last=Prakash |date=September 17, 2018 |website=It's FOSS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Linus Torvalds Is Taking A Break From Linux, Here's Why? |url=https://fossbytes.com/linus-torvalds-taking-break-from-linux/ |first=Manisha |last=Priyadarshini |date=September 17, 2018 |website=Fossbytes}}</ref>

== See also ==

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* [[LWN.net]]{{snd}} among other things, provides a weekly LKML news digest

* [[KernelTrap]]{{snd}} former news website

* [[ZMailer]]{{snd}} a mail transfer agent used by vger.kernel.org

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [httphttps://vgersubspace.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel.org.html Subscribe to the Linux Kernel Mailing List]

* [https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ LKML archive] at lore.kernel.org

* [http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html LKML archive] at Indiana University

* [http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel LKML archive] at [[MARC (archive)]]

* [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html Majordomo lists at vger.kernel.org] – Other Linux kernel related lists

* [http://www.kernelpodcast.org/ A semi-daily LKML Summary Podcast]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701221623/http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Official FAQ of the Linux Kernel Mailing List] (outdated)