Robert Love

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Robert M. Love (born c. 1981) is an American author, speaker, Google engineer, and open source software developer.

Love is best known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, with notable work including the preemptive kernel, process scheduler, kernel event layer, virtual memory subsystem, and inotify. At Google, he was a member of the Android team and helped launch the first version of the platform. Love is also active in the GNOME community, working on NetworkManager, GNOME Volume Manager, Project Utopia and Beagle.

Biography

Love was born in 1981 in south Florida. He attended and graduated from Charles W. Flanagan High School. For his undergraduate studies, he attended the University of Florida, where he graduated with both a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

While still in college, Love was employed as a kernel hacker at MontaVista Software.<ref>Robert Love blog entry on leaving MontaVista Template:Webarchive</ref> At MontaVista, he worked on procps Template:Clarify and several kernel-related projects, including one of his most notable, the preemptive kernel.<ref>KernelTrap interview with Robert Love Template:Webarchive</ref>

Love began work at Ximian on December 15, 2003, where he first served as Senior Engineer in the Linux Desktop Group.<ref>Robert Love blog entry on joining Ximian Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>OSNews interview with Robert Love</ref> At Ximian, he spearheaded an effort, named Project Utopia, to better integrate hardware management into the Linux desktop.<ref>Robert Love interviewed by Ars Technica</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> After Ximian's acquisition by Novell, Love rose to the position of Chief Architect of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop.<ref>Robert Love blog entry on rising to Chief Architect Template:Webarchive</ref> At Novell, he worked on various kernel and GNOME projects, including inotify and Beagle.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Love resigned from Novell on May 4, 2007, to work at Google on their mobile device platform, Android.<ref>Robert Love blog entry on leaving Novell Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Robert Love blog entry on joining Google Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Robert Love's home page noting he works for Google on Android</ref> Joining the project before it was announced, he engineered several kernel and system-level solutions for Android, including its novel shared memory subsystem, ashmem.<ref>Source code for ashmem Template:Dead link</ref> Love worked at Google as Director of Engineering for Search Infrastructure through May 2021.<ref>Linkedin profile</ref> Love now works as VP of Engineering at Toast where he builds cloud platforms for restaurants.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Love lives in Boston, Massachusetts.Template:Citation needed

Writing and speaking

Love is the author of Linux Kernel Development, now in its third edition, a book on understanding and developing code for the Linux kernel. The book is widely regarded<ref>Amazon's Readers Review</ref> as approachable and well written and has been translated into several languages. All three editions are published by imprints of Pearson Education.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

He also wrote Linux System Programming, now in its second edition, subtitled Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library, and published by O'Reilly Media. This work documents Linux's system call and C library API.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Love is also a coauthor of Linux in a Nutshell, a comprehensive Linux command reference also published by O'Reilly Media.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> "Linux in a Nutshell" was awarded "Favorite Linux Book of All Time" by Linux Journal.<ref>Linux Journal Readers' Choice Awards</ref>

Love is Contributing Editor for Linux Journal and author of articles for the magazine.<ref>Linux Journal masthead</ref>

Love has been invited to speak around the world, including linux.conf.au in Australia, FOSDEM in Belgium, and GUADEC in England, where he was a keynote speaker.<ref>FOSDEM schedule</ref><ref>GUADEC 2007 Schedule</ref>

Bibliography

Love has written and co-written several books on the Linux operating system:

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