An interview with Greg Kroah-Hartman
World Domination

© ©Swapnil Bhartiya
Greg Kroah-Hartman is one of the friendliest faces of the Linux kernel community. He maintains the stable branch of the Linux kernel and participates in many more Linux projects. He works at the Linux Foundation as a fellow, a job that allows him to dedicate his time to the Linux kernel. I sat down with Greg to talk about the kernel, 25 years of Linux, and what he does with the rest of his life.
Greg Kroah-Hartman is one of the friendliest faces of the Linux kernel community. He maintains the stable branch of the Linux kernel and participates in many more Linux projects. He works at the Linux Foundation as a fellow, a job that allows him to dedicate his time to the Linux kernel. We meet each other at almost every Linux-related conference. I sat down with Greg to talk about the kernel, 25 years of Linux, and what he does with the rest of his life.
Linux Magazine : What and how much has Linux achieved in these 25 years?
Greg Kroah-Hartman : We had this joke: "Total world domination was our goal." Everybody laughed at us. Then we did it, and nobody even noticed. I mean, we're everywhere. We're going places that Linux has never been. It's crazy to think that this project we all started working on for fun, myself included, has done this. It's insane.
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