KernelTrap is a computing news website which covered topics related to the development of free and open source

Free and open source software

Free and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...

 operating system kernels, and especially, the Linux kernel

Linux kernel

The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....

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News stories usually consist of a summary of a recent discussion from a development mailing list (Linux kernel mailing list

Linux kernel mailing list

The Linux kernel mailing list is the main electronic mailing list for Linux kernel development, where the majority of the announcements, discussions, debates, and flame wars over the kernel take place. Many other mailing lists exist to discuss the different subsystems and ports of the Linux...

) followed by the entire contents of several messages from the discussion. Each story has moderated threaded discussion attached to it. The site also includes a forum

Internet forum

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...

 for general discussion of computing topics.

The site uses the Drupal

Drupal

Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...

 content management system

Content management system

A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...

. Kerneltrap has been hosted by the Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

 Open Source Lab

Open Source Lab

The Open Source Lab is a group at Oregon State University dedicated to supporting and developing Open Source software. A wide range of projects are hosted at the lab including Gentoo, Mozilla, Debian, and freenode. Development projects include Ganeti Web Manager, Pydra, and Touchscreen...

 since May 2005.

The site is operated by Jeremy Andrews.

Current status

The site has not been active since April 12, 2010, only 12 days after it became active again after a full year without any news items (except a note about upgrading the site engine, Drupal.) Due to the lack of updates, most users have opted to move to lwn.net

LWN.net

LWN.net is a computing webzine with an emphasis on free software and software for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It consists of a weekly issue, separate stories which are published most days, and threaded discussion attached to every story. Most news published daily are short...

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Books

KernelTrap has been referenced in several books.

• Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love
  Robert Love
  Robert M. Love is an American author, speaker, Google engineer, and open source software developer.Love is best known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, with notable work including the preemptive kernel, process scheduler, kernel event layer, virtual memory subsystem, and inotify...
  
  
• Red Hat Linux 9 Bible by Christopher Negus
• SUSE Linux 10.0 Unleashed by Mike McCallister
• Measuring Information Systems Delivery Quality by Evan W. Duggan and Han Reichgelt

External links

• KernelTrap