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{{Short description|Annual Linux conference}}
The '''Linux Kernel Developers Summit''' (also known as the '''Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit''') is an annual gathering of the top [[Linux kernel]] developers.  Attendance at the summit is by invitation only, and the conference was first held in San Jose in March, 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Michelle |last=Dilio |date=April 2001 |title=Linux Coders Offer Kernel Wishes |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/04/42812 |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2010-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104214111/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/04/42812 |url-status=live }}</ref>  It was organized by [[Theodore Ts'o]] to provide a face to face venue for kernel developers to discuss current and future issues surrounding Linux kernel development, and was initially run by [[Usenix]] and then VA Linux's [[Open Source Technology Group|Open Source Developer's Network]].<ref>{{cite journal |first=Chris |last=DiBona |date=April 2001 |title=The Linux Kernel Summit |journal=Linux Journal |url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4958 |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2005-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050619225249/http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4958 |url-status=live }}</ref>   Subsequent summits from 2002 to 2006 were held the two days prior to the [[Ottawa Linux Symposium]] in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the same conference center with [[Usenix]] providing all of the logistical support. The 2007 Kernel Summit was held on 4–6 September 2007 at the DeVere University Arms Hotel in [[Cambridge]], [[England]], and was the first time the summit was moved outside of North America.

== Content ==
The discussions at the kernel summit have traditionally been highly technical, with a focus on issues that were not getting resolution via electronic mail.  In recent years, however, the summit has been gradually focusing more on higher level development process issues.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Jonathan |last=Corbet |date=August 2007 |title=Looking ahead to Kernel Summit 2007 |url=http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/082807-kernel.html |journal=LinuxWorld |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2007-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118044507/http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/082807-kernel.html |url-status=live }}</ref>   An example of an important development process decision made at the kernel summit was the decision to move to a rolling stable 2.6 kernel every few months, instead of the formerly used model utilizing a 1–2-year development cycle.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Peter |last=Galli |date=August 2005 |title=Torvalds: How to Keep Linux Kernel on Course |url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1845813,00.asp |journal=eWeek |accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref>  The Linux Technical Advisory Board is elected at a bird-of-a-feather session at the Linux Kernel Summit.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jeremy |last=Andrews |url=http://kerneltrap.org/node/14222 |date=August 2007 |title=Linux: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board |publisher=KernelTrap |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018032107/http://kerneltrap.org/node/14222 |archivedate=2007-10-18 }}</ref>

The summit usually hosts around 80 attendees.

== Summit locations ==
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! Date !! Host country!! Location || Website || Summary
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| March 30–31, 2001 || {{flagcountry|US}}|| Hyatt Hotel, [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California|CA]] || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel01/ |title=Linux 2.5 Developer's Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix |archive-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120124351/http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel01/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Farrow |first=Rik |date=April 2001 |title=Linux 2.5 Kernel Developers Summit |url=http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel01/summit.pdf |journal=Login |publisher=Usenix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2011-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121193644/http://usenix.org/events/kernel01/summit.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=April 2001 |title=The Linux 2.5 kernel summit |url=https://lwn.net/2001/features/KernelSummit/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2007-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103211310/http://lwn.net/2001/features/KernelSummit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| June 24–25, 2002 || {{flagcountry|Canada}}|| Ottawa Congress Centre, [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]
|| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel02/ |title=2002 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix |archive-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120125647/http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel02/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Sharp |first=David |date=August 2002 |title=2002 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel02/2002Summit.pdf |journal=Login |pages=88–91 |publisher=Usenix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2011-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110003105/http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel02/2002Summit.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=August 2002 |title=The Ottawa Kernel Summit, Day One |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/3327/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2007-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110035902/http://lwn.net/Articles/3327/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=August 2002 |title=The Ottawa Kernel Summit, Day Two |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/3467/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2008-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516135330/http://lwn.net/Articles/3467/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| July 21–22, 2003 || {{flagcountry|Canada}}|| Ottawa Congress Centre, [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/kernel03/ |title=2003 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix |archive-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120132058/http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/kernel03/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=July 2003 |title=The 2003 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2003/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725093722/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2003/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| July 19–20, 2004 || {{flagcountry|Canada}}|| Ottawa Congress Centre, [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/kernel04/ |title=2004 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix |archive-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120124512/http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/kernel04/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=July 2004 |title=The 2004 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2004/ |journal=Linux Weekly News | publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref>
|-
| July 18–19, 2005 || {{flagcountry|Canada}}|| Ottawa Congress Centre, [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] ||  <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/kernel05/ |title=2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=October 2005 |title=2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-10/openpdfs/kernel05.pdf |journal=Login |pages=55–57 |publisher=Usenix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2019-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412113150/https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-10/openpdfs/kernel05.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=July 2005 |title=The 2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2005/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2007-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124034355/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2005/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| July 16–18, 2006 || {{flagcountry|Canada}}|| Ottawa Congress Centre, [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel06/ |title=2006 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix |archive-date=2011-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608092808/http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel06/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=July 2006 |title=The 2006 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/191649/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2007-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820024843/http://lwn.net/Articles/191649/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| September 4–6, 2007 || {{flagcountry|UK}}|| DeVere University Arms Hotel, [[Cambridge]] ||  <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel07/ |title=2007 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |accessdate=2007-10-30 |publisher=Usenix |archive-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120114654/http://www.usenix.org/events/kernel07/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=September 2007 |title=The 2007 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2007/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2007-10-30 |archive-date=2007-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106125251/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| September 15–16, 2008 || {{flagcountry|US}}|| Portland State University, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon|OR]] ||  
|| <ref>{{cite journal |last=Corbet |first=Jonathan |date=September 2008 |title=The 2008 Linux Kernel Developers Summit |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2008/ |journal=Linux Weekly News |publisher=Eklektix |accessdate=2008-12-03 |archive-date=2008-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223171035/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| October 18–20, 2009 || {{flagcountry|Japan}} || Akihabara Convention Hall, [[Akihabara]], [[Tokyo]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kernel-summit|title=9th Annual Linux Kernel Summit|accessdate=2009-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831113351/http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kernel-summit|archive-date=2009-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite journal|last=Corbet|first=Jonathan|date=2009-10-19|title=The 2009 Linux Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/357464|journal=Linux Weekly News|publisher=Eklektix|accessdate=2009-10-23|archive-date=2009-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225080256/http://lwn.net/Articles/357464/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| November 1–2, 2010 || {{flagcountry|US}} || Hyatt Regency Cambridge, [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts|MA]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ksummit2010.kernel.org/home|title=Kernel Summit 2010|accessdate=2011-01-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802030928/http://ksummit2010.kernel.org/home|archivedate=2010-08-02}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite journal|last=Corbet|first=Jonathan|date=2010-11-02|title=The 2010 Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2010/|journal=Linux Weekly News|publisher=Eklektix|accessdate=2011-01-22|archive-date=2010-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125015821/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2010/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| October 23–25, 2011 || {{flagcountry|CZE}} || Clarion Congress Hotel, [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-kernel-summit|title=Kernel Summit 2011|accessdate=2011-09-29|archive-date=2017-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113070557/http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-kernel-summit|url-status=live}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite journal|journal=Linux Weekly News|accessdate=2016-09-20|date=2011-10-24|title=The 2011 Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2011/|archive-date=2016-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911110550/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2011/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| August 27–29, 2012 || {{flagcountry|US}} || [[San Diego]], [[California|CA]] || N/A || <ref>{{cite journal|date=2012-08-29|title=The 2012 Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2012/|journal=Linux Weekly News|publisher=Eklektix|accessdate=2013-08-13|archive-date=2013-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014142755/https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2012/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| October 23–25, 2013 || {{flagcountry|UK}} || [[Edinburgh]], [[United Kingdom]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2013/linux-kernel-summit|title=Kernel Summit 2013|accessdate=2014-08-26|archive-date=2017-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007051721/http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2013/linux-kernel-summit|url-status=live}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite journal|date=2013-10-29|title=The 2013 Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2013/|journal=Linux Weekly News|accessdate=2014-08-26|archive-date=2014-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012053136/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2013/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| August 18–20, 2014 || {{flagcountry|US}} || Sheraton Chicago, [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2014/linux-kernel-summit|title=Kernel Summit 2014|accessdate=2014-08-26|archive-date=2017-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208123121/http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2014/linux-kernel-summit|url-status=live}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite journal|date=2014-08-20|title=The 2014 Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2014/|journal=Linux Weekly News|accessdate=2014-08-26|archive-date=2014-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906201907/https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2014/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| October 26–28, 2015 || {{flagcountry|KOR}} || Conrad Hotel, [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2015/linux-kernel-summit|title=Kernel Summit 2015|accessdate=2016-09-20|archive-date=2016-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005063122/http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2015/linux-kernel-summit/|url-status=live}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite journal|date=2015-11-01|title=The 2015 Kernel Summit|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2015/|journal=Linux Weekly News|accessdate=2016-09-20|archive-date=2016-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006173108/http://lwn.net/Articles/KernelSummit2015/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| October 31–November 1, 2016 || {{flagcountry|US}} || Santa Fe Convention Center, [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico|NM]] || <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://events17.linuxfoundation.org/events/archive/2016/linux-kernel-summit |title = Linux Kernel Summit 2016}}</ref> ||
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| October 24-26, 2017 || {{flagcountry|CZE}} || Hilton Prague, [[Prague]] [[Czech Republic]] || <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://events17.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-kernel-summit |title = Linux Kernel Summit 2017}}</ref> ||
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| November 13-15, 2018 || {{flagcountry|Canada}} || Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]] || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-kernel-summit-2018/ | title=Linux Kernel Summit 2018 | access-date=2024-11-24 | archive-date=2024-09-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930042558/https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-kernel-summit-2018/ | url-status=live }}</ref> ||
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| September 12, 2019 || {{flagcountry|Portugal}} || Corinthia Hotel Lisbon, [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/events/linux-kernel-maintainer-summit-2019/ |title = Linux Kernel Summit 2019}}</ref> ||
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| September 24, 2021 || || Virtual || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://events.linuxfoundation.org/archive/2021/linux-kernel-maintainer-summit/ |title=Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit 2021 |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref> ||
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| September 15, 2022 || {{flagcountry|Ireland}} || Dublin, Ireland || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://events.linuxfoundation.org/archive/2022/linux-kernel-maintainer-summit/ |title=Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit 2022 |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref> ||
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| November 16, 2023 || {{flagcountry|US}} || Richmond, Virginia || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://events.linuxfoundation.org/archive/2023/linux-kernel-maintainer-summit/ |title=Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit 2023 |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref> ||
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| September 17, 2024 || {{flagcountry|Austria}} || Vienna, Austria || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://events.linuxfoundation.org/linux-kernel-maintainer-summit/ |title=Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref> ||
|}

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