Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux

SlinkySausage writes "Linus Torvalds has laid out his plans for the future of Linux, including the 3.0 kernel [there probably won't be one], problems with the Linux release cycles and which distro he personally runs on his home PC. '"Compile everything by hand" ones simply weren't interesting to me,' Torvalds says."

Comments

Re:Not a Gentoo user

[CoonAss56]

Your problem was you didn't have an entire system set up for compiling code. And as a so-called sysadmin I guess you're not smart enough to know that SOMEONE has to compile the code! It just don't appear out of the blue. And if you are that lazy, install Windows.

In Defense of Gentoo...

[sykopomp]

I'm not a ricer. I don't run the amd64 version. I like my OS to run what I want, and work well on my system. I've tried numerous distros (specially Fedora and Ubuntu, but I started with Debian), and they just didn't deliver. In my experience, the whole ubuntu and fedora style of doing things their way to make it 'less of a hassle' for the user has still not gone far enough. Linux distros are just simply not ready for full 'install-and-run-perfectly' functionality. That's why I use Gentoo. Maybe it's because I'm more comfortable using it than any other distro at this point, but I find that since I spent so much time configuring so many things by hand, I'm better able to troubleshoot the really dumb stuff when it starts happening. As opposed to ubuntu, which I'm running on my laptop. For example, one day, it suddenly decided that holding shift and pressing space bar would mean I get no space. This is a complete mystery to me, and I don't even know where to start, if it's something wrong with X11's dvorak keyboard layout, or if some app within the WM is using shift+space as a shortcut. Ubuntu isn't exactly troubleshoot-friendly... I find I get fewer mystery errors with gentoo than I do with more pre-built and packaged distros, and that's why I use it in my main box. People criticize Vista for smaller problems than Ubuntu has all over the place, but because it's linux, it's ok? And Fedora... you're telling me I should use a distro that doesn't even play mp3 files? Honestly, fuck that. When distros like Fedora and Ubuntu are actually solid, and don't take several weeks to package stuff, I'll switch to them. For the time being, since I'm a complete dork, I'll stick to my souped-up Gentoo install that gets me a whopping 1 second of accumulated extra performance per month.

Re:Not a Gentoo user

[michrech]

Not quite, as far as the "pot, meet kettle" comment -- I actually looked everything up. It isn't my job to do your work for you, so I gave up. Point remains, I was correct, and you weren't. Portage provides the functionality you wished.

Were I in a flaming mood, this is where I'd dismiss you as a hypocrite and walk away. You're just full of invalid information today. I don't think "hypocrite" means what you seem to thin it means. I provided you exactly the information you wanted, which proved your original statement incorrect. In addition to looking up information on portage, you also need to pull up your favorite dictionary and look up the word "hypocrite". Now, had I not have actually gone and looked up the information you wanted (which I clearly did), I could see you calling me such for not looking the info up as I had suggested you to do.

By all means, keep posting. You are providing a friend and I quite a bit of amusement...