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Alan Cox on How Linux Can Survive Without Linus

Posted by Zonk on from the that'd-just-be-'ux' dept.

zigam writes "In another great episode of LUGRadio, kernel hacker Alan Cox talks about the kernel development process, DRM, and how Linux can survive without Linus. The usual disclaimer about British gits swearing and ranting about open source applies."

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  1. Cursing by darkov · · Score: 4, Funny

    British gits swearing and ranting about open source applies

    "You pint fisted wank stain!"

    That's gold...

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    1. Re:Cursing by mrevell · · Score: 5, Funny

      Did we really say that? Crumbs. What is open source without the odd rant, tho', eh? :)

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    2. Re:Cursing by stu_coates · · Score: 3, Funny

      Python did it best:

      Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!

  2. Hmmm by EnglishTim · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not listened to Lugradio before.

    Too much nervous laughter for my tastes.

  3. A transcript... a transcript... by advocate_one · · Score: 3, Insightful
    my keyboard for a transcript....

    well at least the download's fast from the mirror I've chosen... :)

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  4. One man software by paulatz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Many open source project are one-man project, so they could be heavily damage by the departure of eveane a single persone.

    You remeber what happened whith Slackware when Patrick Volkerding was really sick? What would have happened if he had abandoned the maintainance of his distribution?

    I think that the history of open source is far too short to answer these questions, but, sooner or later, all the pioneers of open source will retire.

    I hope they will realize when the time will come to gradually drop their responsibilities and their influence. I also think that Richard Stallman is a good example, he has already started to retire from active development and even his leadership is becoming less practical and (even) more ideological.

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    1. Re:One man software by real+gumby · · Score: 4, Informative

      Indeed, RMS ceded control, but remember that control of GCC essentially had to be yanked away and placed into a steering committee

      No matter who you are, these transitions are never easy. Linus has set Linux up better than most projects, but still there is by design one central kernel (a very good design by the way, so far, for now, and for quite a while to come).

  5. Without Linus? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Alan Cox talks about the kernel development process, DRM, and how Linux can survive without Linus"

    Why, does he have something sinister planned?

  6. What If Linus Torvalds Gets Hit By A Bus? by psergiu · · Score: 2, Funny

    What If Linus Torvalds Gets Hit By A Bus?

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