Google announced in April 2010 that they would hire two employees to work with the Linux kernel community, but Greg Kroah-Hartman, the current Linux kernel maintainer for the stable branch, said in December 2010 that he was concerned that Google was no longer trying to get their code changes included in mainstream Linux.
Pada bulan April 2010, Google mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan menyewa dua karyawan untuk mengembangkan komunitas kernel Linux, namun, Greg Kroah-Hartman, pengelola kernel Linux versi stabil, menyatakan pada bulan Desember 2010; ia khawatir bahwa Google tak lagi berusaha untuk mengubah kode utama Linux.