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Longtime Linux CIFS/SMB3 Maintainer Passes Away
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The history of technology is often told through names associated with consumer products, revolutionary interfaces or pocket devices. However, the infrastructure that keeps the digital world running depends on engineers operating behind the scenes. Steve French's death, confirmed in the last week of August 2026 by Samba's colleague Jeremy Allison, represents the loss of one of these silent giants. Principal author and historical maintainer of the…
Steve French, the principal maintainer of the Linux Kernel CIFS/SMB2/SMB3/KSMBD, has passed away due to illness.
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