"And the backup right now is Greg KH, who is about the same age as we are and has even less hair."
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Replacing a giant. What a task.
But they are right, of course. Continuity is crucial, and if they succeed, it will be beneficial to all of us.
Fucking autoplay video crap, beware.
Btw, most browsers allow you to disable video auto-play in the settings.
This got me. I noped out of the article because of it
got a prompt asking if DRM content was okay, I guess that was it?
Core principles of Linus need to be written and followed.
- Don't break userspace!
- Quality over quantity. No AI-slop in the GD kernel please... Kernel development underpins the entire Internet, medical devices, like all of the shit that actually matters out there.
- Follow the established design patterns so that others can follow/review your pull reqs easily and quickly.
- Socialize bigger changes early and often. Test extensively with distros who run bleeding edge releases.
- Only be a dick when people ignore/break rules 1-4.... and when discussing Nvidia.
Other than that, to me, the core rule of Linux is keep your code/app/service simple and atomic. Make sure that your widget talks/plays nicely with the OS components that it interacts with and that it can be easily swapped out for another analogue should you or all of the maintainers get hit by a bus.
It seems like Nvidia and Linus are getting along these days since datacenter Ai workloads need Linux. Amd is still king for Linux gaming though
They should obviously replace him with an llm trained on all his emails and YT appearances.
/S
/🚮
What a shitty clickbait headline. They developed a contingency plan in case linus or his git are going away for one reason the the other
Replace?
Clone him.
fork()
Replacing with a clone then I guess.
As I've said before, once Linus is gone, we might well end up with splits at the kernel level rather than at the distro level. And we would be wise to avoid any one organisation's stock kernel, even if there are some very large organisations providing a lot of code for the kernel at present.
I can see a future where, say, GNOME, start producing their own kernels to support their vision of the Linux desktop from the ground up.
And it's all but certain that Canonical and Red Hat would be very interested in things going their (respective) way(s) when the time comes.
One does not simply, replace, Linus Torvalds
No offense but I don't enjoy the way you use commas. 🥲
I think a bare knuckle duel to the death is the best course of action to decide who deserves to be the king of linux
I find the headline misleading.
It will take time but the fun will simply be over when he's gone
It's clearly evident the next generations are incapable of proper stewardship of basically every good thing invented previously
It's clearly evident the next generations are incapable of proper stewardship of basically every good thing invented previously
wut
I said it before, and I'll say it again. I think the kids are gonna be alright. I don't get, or like, most of the whipper snapper music. But that's ok, I don't have to.
Never understood the near universal contempt older people show younger ones.