Do you want to be a linux kernal developer?

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Do you?

Here is a good place to start

http://eudyptula-challenge.org/

and here's the random article where i found that link

http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/786908-matthew-garrett-offers-advice-on-hardware-linux-kernel-careers-and-fruit-flies

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From your second link.

Can confirm Matt is a naturally talented freak. I see him around at Aussie linux conferences.

Like most good linux devs he gets paid a lot of money to reverse engineer company IP from competitiors.

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Awesome. Thank you so much...