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== Media Coverage ==
 
[[LWN.net]] website frequently cover discussion on the lkml and the newsletter ''Kernel Traffic'' covered the activities of the Linux-kernel mailing list until November 2005<ref>http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/archives.html</ref>.<ref name="kernelTraffic"/> Many internet websites include [[mailing list archive|archives of the mailing list]], such as <ref>https://lore.kernel.org/lkml</ref>, [[lkml.org]], mail-archive.com <ref>https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/</ref> and [[marc.info]]<ref>http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel</ref>.
 
== Linus Torvalds on LKML ==
 
[[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|publisher=The Register|date=2015-01-19|accessdate=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|publisher=The Register|date=2012-11-07|accessdate=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"|publisher=Slashdot|date=2014-10-06|accessdate=2015-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2988850/opensource-subnet/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|publisher=Network World|date=2015-10-05|accessdate=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.