User talk:Aniruddh mhatre 22698

LINUX operating model Linux (pronounced Listen/ˈlɪnəks/ LIN-əks[9][10] or, less frequently, /ˈlaɪnəks/ LYN-əks[10][11]) is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant[12] computer operating system (OS) assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel,[13] an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds.[14][15][16] The Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to describe the operating system, which has led to some controversy.[17][18

How to contribute ? If you want to contribute to the Linux kernel but aren't sure where to start, the Eudyptula Challenge could be a great way to test your programming skills and learn how to participate in the kernel community.

The Challenge, which appeared online about a month ago at http://eudyptula-challenge.org/, was created by an anonymous hacker (or hackers) going by the name Little Penguin as a way to get more developers involved with the Linux kernel. It's modeled after the Matasano Crypto Challenge – a collection of 48 exercises that teach participants how cryptography systems are built and how they're attacked. The Eudyptula Challenge isn't a tutorial, says Little Penguin, but you will get a good idea of how the whole kernel contribution process works by completing the challenge.

Challenge participants sign up by sending an email to Little, who sends them a series of programming tasks commonly employed by Linux kernel developers. Participants receive one task at a time and must complete it before Little Penguin sends the next. There's no winner of the challenge, but those who successfully complete all 20 tasks in the challenge are well on their way to being Linux kernel contributors.

We recently reached out to Little Penguin via email to learn more about the challenge. You can sign up for the challenge by sending a (non-HTML) email to little at eudyptula-challenge.org.