My Life as a Linux Kernel Developer and Maintainer with Paul E. McKenney // TRAIN BRAIN

My Life as a Linux Kernel Developer and Maintainer with Paul E. McKenney

Paul E. McKenney, Software Engineer at Meta, and Shuah Khan will talk about Paul's experience as a kernel developer and maintainer, taking questions from the attendees. Paul will share what works and what doesn’t for him and strategies, interpersonal and technical skills and mindset that help him stay engaged for a longer term.

The Linux Foundation

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My Life as a Linux Kernel Developer and Maintainer with Paul E. McKenney

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Keynote: From Open Source to Agentic Systems: Building the AI Native Era - Brendan Burns

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From Compliance To Code: The Cyber Resilience Act, SBOMs, DevTeams an... Marcus Ross & Peter Dickten

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Building Trust in the AI Era: Agent-to-Agent Communication With DIDs and VCs - Alexander Shcherbakov

Panel Discussion: OSPOs at Scale: Doing More... Ashley W, Karolyn M, Natali V, Paulette A, Rashida T

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Kubernetes 1.36: AI Workloads, GPU Scheduling & Security | Ryota Sawada

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Lightning Talk: The Humble Rustacean: Human Factors Behind Rust’s Success - Maté Kovacs

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eBPF for Observability: Hard Truths and Practical Wins - Kenta Tada & Shung-Hsi Yu

Towards a Decade of Industrial Grade Linux: CIP’s Journey and the Road Ahead - Yoshitake Kobayashi

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