Post #1845929
2026-04-19 16:23 UTC
16 years ago today, after watching a presentation on YouTube titled "Write and Submit your first Linux Kernel Patch"[1] by @gregkh, I submitted my first patch[2] to the Linux kernel. 🙂
I didn't really have much idea of what I was doing, and after submitting a few more similar patches that same year (2010), I stopped.
Years later, in 2017, I picked it up again, and haven't stopped since: https://embeddedor.com/blog/ 🐧⚔️🛡
[1] https://youtu.be/LLBrBBImJt4
[2] https://git.kernel.org/linus/b4ae23ce014d25af
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Replies (2)
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@gustavoars@fosstodon.org 2026-04-19 16:55
If you’ve contributed a few patches to the kernel but haven’t submitted in a while, give it another go. You never know what opportunities the future might bring.🐧🙌🏼
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@ljs@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-19 16:31
@gustavoars@fosstodon.org @gregkh@social.kernel.org My first :) I did actually stop, for ages (for various reasons) but came back again :))