Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds ...

After 34 years, the Linux kernel writes down a backup plan for the chaos if Torvalds exit suddenly ...

"In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time." ...

Linus Torvalds started the Linux project in 1991, developing a Unix-like kernel inspired by Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Minix.

If the designated successor cannot or will not take over the development of the Linux kernel, a meeting will decide on the ...

The Linux kernel community has started spelling out what happens when Linus Torvalds steps aside and the repo still needs steering. A continuity document has been drafted by longtime kernel ...

For trivial projects, it's fine. For serious work, forget about it Opinion Vibe coding got a big boost when everyone's favorite open source programmer, Linux's Linus Torvalds, said he'd been using ...

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Linux's luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite long-standing reports of burnout in the open source software development realm, Linux is as strong as ever -- though he acknowledges his ...

Linux frontman Linus Torvalds thinks he's "more self-aware" these days and is "trying to be less forceful" after his brief absence from directing Linux kernel developers because of his abusive ...

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