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		compay on Sept 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux is now hosted on GitHub Kudos to Github. Hard to think of a better endorsement than that.

mtogo on Sept 5, 2011 | [–]

Endorsement? Linus said he threw it up on github as a temporary mirror to see if github is any good because kernel.org is down. It's more of a trial than an endorsement.

pwaring on Sept 5, 2011 | [–]

Endorsement is perhaps a bit strong, certainly good free publicity though.

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