When linus dies we will pull a weekend at bernie's and make commits under his name then we will turn him into a human meat puppet.
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Not much will change.
Linux Foundation is where open source projects go to die.
Nothing. But I would love a microkernel approach like redoxOS. Monolithic kernel is such a bloat?
Get on with it then.
Guy: I wish I had a flying car.
You: Invent one then.
Can't you compile your own kernel with exactly the things you want? Would be a fun project to do
True. Funny idea I should totally do this. This is how you learn Linux. Like a kernel for exactly your hardware specs!
I have doubts you would see any performance increases, and if you change your hardware you'll be in for a tough time but it would be a fun learning experience!
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We will switch to GNU/Hurd.
Then we will plug a USB device and remember that Hurd doesn't support that yet.
There shouldn't be another Linus. The model of a single maintainer holding so much importance is fundamentally flawed, especially for a project with the size and importance of Linux. Responsibilities and decision making should be distributed among stakeholders and volunteers. It will take time to rebuild around that sort of structure.
I've also heard tell that the linux-kernel mailing list has become extremely toxic, especially to newcomers. A professor that I have a lot of respect for has stopped teaching his kernel drivers course because one of his students received death threats related to her involvement. If a change in the tenor doesn't happen, less and less of the fresh blood that Linux needs will join.
The top secret classified, for your eyes only papers will finally be revealed and we will find out that...
we have all been using BETAMAX this whole time, not Linux. O_o
is there a Linus 2?
There was but Carmen Ortiz took care of that little problem, if you know what I mean 😉
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