Con Kolivas is practicing doctor in Australia but he is known for the work done on the Linux kernel in his spare time. He has specialized at writing patches for the Kernel to improve the performance on desktop Linux. Especially the I/O bound has gotten his attention. He has also written a benchmarking tool called ConTest that can be used to compare the performance of different kernel versions.^[1] The Linux kernel is a Unix-like operating system kernel. ... Desktop computer with several common peripherals (Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, microphone and a printer) A desktop computer is a personal computer made for use on a desk in an office or home and is distinguished from portable computers such as laptops or PDAs. ... In computer science, IO bound refers to a condition in which the time it takes to complete a computation is determined principally by the period of time spent waiting for Input/output operations to be completed. ... A benchmark is a point of reference for a measurement. ... Contest may refer to: A contest, is an event in which two or more individuals or teams compete against each other, often for a prize or similar incentive. ...

24 of July 2007 Kolivas informed the Kernel developers that he will quit developing the Kernel. The reasons he gave are that desktop performance on Linux is getting too little attention and that "Linux is burdened with 'enterprise crap' that makes it run poorly on desktop PCs" ^[2]. The "enterprise crap" being Kernel development for servers etc. Look up server in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

Con Kolivas Homepage
Con Kolivas patches at Kernel.org, Main Kernel repository. A software repository is a storage location from which software packages may be be retrieved and installed on a computer. ...

References

1. ^ KernelTrap
2. ^ Apcmag interview with Con Kolivas