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What's the future of the Linux ? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by anistorian@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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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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[-] pelya@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Creating a kernel is hard, Linux itself is not going anywhere.
If all current maintainers suddenly disappear, several corporations, who heavily depend on Linux, will maintain their own forks, so we will get Google kernel for phones, Amazon kernel for datacenters, Valve kernel for gaming, and probably some European initiative kernel for PCs and laptops to do document editing.

[-] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like Unix in the end.

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