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What's the future of the Linux ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So what is going to happen when Linus gets to old to keep on to maintain the kernel ? I know there is a whole team, but he seems to have some kind of executive role in what’s gets released and not.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The old question of "what happens when Linus/other senior kernel dev dies" mattered far more like 20+ years ago than it does now. The kernel developers are organized quite well, Linux is in general an extremely well-organized open source project these days, and there are several who could fill in. Linus' "2nd" is Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is the lead maintainer of the stable kernel branch (i.e. the one most are using). Linus is the lead maintainer of the in-development branch.

But of course we hope that Linus continues doing this for a long time. Most people never create even one world-changing technology, Linus casually created two (Linux + Git).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Most people never create even one world-changing technology, Linus casually created two (Linux + Git).

And don't downplay that he did swear about Microsoft and Nvidia!