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Dec. 3, 2009

There are still some in the Linux community that are not fully aware of how the Linux Foundation (LF) is internally organized or just who does what.

Some are also wondering how it accomplishes the many tasks it has set forth for itself when it was created.

Overall, the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board is described as one that "collaborates with the Linux Foundation (LF) on programs and issues that affect the Linux community" and "fosters bi-directional interaction with application developers, end users and Linux companies."

No less than ten individuals are elected by the kernel community itself — half one year, half the next — and they sit on the board for 2 years, with the possibility of getting re-elected.

The LF's chair — who will be elected at the Collaboration Summit next March — holds a seat on the Foundation's Board of Directors.

That possibility was recently fulfilled for 2 LF members, with the announcement of the results of the annual election that took place at the Japan Linux Symposium in Tokyo a few months ago.

Of the 5 additions to the Board announced by the Foundation, two already have favorite spots at the table: Jon Corbet, Linux Kernel Weather Report author, and Greg Kroah-Hartman of Novell, SUSE Labs Senior Engineer and Linux Device Driver Project manager.

New additions in the boardroom will be Alan Cox, Ted Tso, the Linux Foundation Fellow and incoming Vice Chair for the board and Thomas Gleixner who "manages bug reports for NAND FLASH, core timers and the unified x86 architecture."

According to Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin, "each member of the TAB personifies collaboration and works hard to help us increase the technical dominance of the Linux operating system."

As for the Board itself, it "provides essential guidance to the Linux Foundation and its community members."

Those who will continue personifying collaboration and providing essential guidance for the coming year are its current chair, James Bottomley of Novell, SCSI subsystem maintainer, Chris Maso of Oracle, Btrfs file system creator, Chris Wright of Red Hat, LSM framework maintainer, Kristen Carlson Accardi of Intel, ACPI, PCI, and SATA subsytem contributor and Dave Jones of Red Hat, Fedora kernel maintainer.

The Linux Foundation is an important and core contributor to the Linux and open source community, and one that all its members are proud of.

Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux OS creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux experts and many open source companies and developers from around the world.

The Linux Foundation serves as a neutral spokesperson for Linux and generates original content that advances the understanding of the Linux platform. The LF reaches approximately two million people per month. It also fosters innovation by hosting collaboration events -- including LinuxCon -- among the Linux technical community, application developers, industry and end users to solve pressing issues facing the Linux ecosystem.

Through the Linux Foundation's community programs, end users, Linux developers and industry collaborate on technical, legal and promotional issues.

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