Here are the latest development statistics from the just-released 5.19 kernel. (Please consider supporting Linux Weekly News by subscribing if you find content like this useful; one of the benefits is you can help share subscriber-only content to friends and colleagues via Subscriber Links):
If you scroll down to the Most active employers in 5.19 by commits you'll see:
1. Intel 10.9%
2. (Unknown) 7.5%
3. Linaro 5.7%
4. AMD 5.5%
5. Red Hat 5.2%
6. (None) 4.3%
7. Google 4.1%
8. Meta 3.5%
9. SUSE 3.1%
10. Huawei 2.9%
The statistics are slightly different if you count by lines of codes changed, but either way, it's not all FANNG companies, not by a long shot. There are plenty of people who get started coding via kernelnewbies.org and other resources.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/902854/b788a6a3d77aba7a/
If you scroll down to the Most active employers in 5.19 by commits you'll see:
1. Intel 10.9% 2. (Unknown) 7.5% 3. Linaro 5.7% 4. AMD 5.5% 5. Red Hat 5.2% 6. (None) 4.3% 7. Google 4.1% 8. Meta 3.5% 9. SUSE 3.1% 10. Huawei 2.9%
The statistics are slightly different if you count by lines of codes changed, but either way, it's not all FANNG companies, not by a long shot. There are plenty of people who get started coding via kernelnewbies.org and other resources.