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This week at LWN: KS2009: How Google uses Linux

There may be no single organization which runs more Linux systems than Google. But the kernel development community knows little about how Google uses Linux and what sort of problems are encountered there. Full Article at LXer

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    SOURCE: The Industry Standard 1 month ago
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    SOURCE: The Industry Standard 1 month ago
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