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The plan for Linux after Linus? A work in progress (www.theregister.com)
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[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

I like the penguins!

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is my daily nightmare. How do you vet someone in skill, devotion and influence to make sure it doesn't all collapse?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

worse come to worse there is forking. look at the bsd's.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

I don't consider that the worst case, I consider that the secret weapon off FOSS, and what Linus would prefer to see. I don't think he wants Linux to be a kingdom who is afraid of what happens when their king dies. If the people aren't empowered to take the code, make it their own, and continue owning their devices, then they weren't in it for the freedom, just the freeloading.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

I guess he must be pretty damn old now since I'm pretty old now and he's older than me.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

As long as Lennart Poettering isn't anywhere near the line of succession lol.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 20 points 2 days ago

Oh jesus fucking christ take it back!

Thank you for a new anxiety disorder.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

I know he is a common punching bag but dunno what is so wrong about him

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kerneld...I shudder at the thought.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which is more horrifying? Kerneld or PulseLinux?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what did I miss?

[–] 73QjabParc34Vebq@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They hate change

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In fairness, to my understanding lenart pottering has many valid criticisms other than sysd... 😅

Like he's also kinda insufferable and has butt heads with linus repeatedly over whether it's okay to break userspace if I recall correctly 😅

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah he's working for Microsoft now.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Oh, that would explain a lot

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

GKH though

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Agreed. If something happened, Greg would certainly take-over at least temporarily. Then the LKML would fight over succession like they fight over everything else. It would take too long, it would be dysfunctional, at least one person would quit the project but they would settle on a perfectly workable solution in the end. And it would evolve from there.

There is a whole hierarchy of ownership in the kernel. It is not entirely explicit. It can be quite fluid. It is not as dire as the article states.

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

A buch of llamas do drugs and wander around looking for the next incarnation

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Greg KH will be fine.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I vote for Theo de Raadt to come in and clean house