Community

This page is for information about the embedded Linux and open source community.

Netiquette
Please read Netiquette before interacting with the Open Source Communities

General Portals

 * Meld - An embedded Linux developer community site, designed to enable developers, ISVs, and hardware manufacturers to share, connect, and design, sponsored by MontaVista Software
 * Linux.com - Linux community portal sponsored by the Linux Foundation
 * LinuxDevices.com - the canonical (no pun intended) place for news about embedded Linux
 * Linux.org - an excellent starting place for all things linux

Hardware-Specific Communities

 * ARM Linux - the central place for Linux on ARM, this is where you find Russell Kings patch tracker for example
 * Beagle Board community - portal for the Beagle Board Community, sponsored by TI

Software-Specific Communities

 * Moblin community - portal for the Moblin community, sponsored by Intel

Communities for beginners

 * http://kernelnewbies.org/ - General site for people getting started developing on the Linux kernel
 * http://jp.kernelnewbies.org/webresources - Japanese site for kernel newbies
 * Embedded Systems Common Technical Baseline - Although not directly related to Linux this site is an excellent overview of what embedded systems are seen from various angles (hardware, software, design methods, etc...)
 * Community Participation Guides - Resources for how to participate in Open Source Communities.

People
This section lists inviduals who are "movers and shakers" in embedded Linux: For more Information be sure to checkout MAINTAINERS

Important kernel figures

 * Linus Torvalds - Linux kernel initiator and head maintainer
 * Andrew Morton - maintains an important secondary (staging) tree
 * David Woodhouse - Embedded Linux Maintainer
 * Matt Mackall - Embedded Linux Maintainer, originator of Linux-tiny patch set (author of SLOB allocator), author of kpagemap and smem
 * Greg Kroah-Hartman - Initiator and Maintainer of the Linux Driver Project / Staging Tree and quite a handyman.
 * Stephen Rothwell - Maintainer of the Linux-Next-Tree, most stuff goes in there before getting merged into Linus' tree-

Kernel arch maintainers

 * Russell King - ARM kernel maintainer
 * Paul Mundt - SH kernel maintainer
 * Ralph Baechle - MIPS kernel maintainer
 * Greg Ungerer - uCLinux kernel maintainer
 * Arnd Bergman - CELL kernel maintainer
 * Thomas Gleixner - x86 kernel maintainer, author of clock events
 * Haavard Skinnemoen - avr32 kernel Maintainer (Atmel)

Feature developers/maintainers

 * David Woodhouse - MTD/jffs2 author - Embedded Linux kernel maintainer
 * Andi Kleen - author of bloat-o-meter
 * Ingo Molnar - author of RT-preempt patch set, kernel scheduler maintainer
 * Phillip Lougher - author of Squash FS

Interview candidates
The following page has a list of people we'd like to interview for an eLinux.org feature:
 * Interviews

Foundations and Forums

 * CE Linux Forum
 * ELF Conference Presentations
 * CELF home page
 * Linux Foundation

Communities for beginners

 * http://kernelnewbies.org/ - General site for people getting started developing on the Linux kernel
 * http://jp.kernelnewbies.org/webresources - Japanese site for kernel newbies

Linux User Groups
One way to get involved with a bunch of like-minded Linux enthusiasts is to participate in a local Linux users group. The following site has a good database of Linux users groups:
 * www.linux.org/groups
 * CLUE LUG List - Canadian User Group listing.
 * Bangalore Beagle User Group Meet

Development Model

 * The Cathedral and the Bazaar
 * FIXTHIS - add more links to papers and articles about the development model

Reasons for contributing to open source

 * Open Source ROI Model - a page about return on investment from open source contributions

Quality Assurance
This section has links to aspects of the development model designed to provide quality assurance.

Certificate of Origin
Developers who contribute code to the Linux kernel agree to the Developer Certificate Of Origin by signing their code, with a "Signed Off By" line.

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