When anything even remotely shady happens in the kernel, people have to take it very seriously just in case something malicious is happening and that's exact...
Thanks for sharing this, it’s an intersting look at the inner workings of kernel development security-trust model.
I’ve seen a lot of stuff being about Linus in the kernel-related stuff, so I have one question: are they really as central as they seem - and we’re all gonna weep blood when they’re not here any more for any reason - or are they a figurehead (due to being the creator and still being very involved) in a sea of equally involved developpers/maintainers/contributors - and should something happen to them, the kernel would continue going in the same direction?
My anarchist ass obviously hopes for the second option 🤞
The kernel is now well beyond the singular control or shepherding of Linus. He’s still hugely influential in the community obviously, so not a pure figurehead, but the kernal dev community will continue on very well.
Thanks for sharing this, it’s an intersting look at the inner workings of kernel development security-trust model.
I’ve seen a lot of stuff being about Linus in the kernel-related stuff, so I have one question: are they really as central as they seem - and we’re all gonna weep blood when they’re not here any more for any reason - or are they a figurehead (due to being the creator and still being very involved) in a sea of equally involved developpers/maintainers/contributors - and should something happen to them, the kernel would continue going in the same direction?
My anarchist ass obviously hopes for the second option 🤞
The kernel is now well beyond the singular control or shepherding of Linus. He’s still hugely influential in the community obviously, so not a pure figurehead, but the kernal dev community will continue on very well.
Great news, ty for sharing :)