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Linus Torvalds and Greg K-H Talk About Linux Community, Dealing with Hardware Bugs, Chromebooks Gaining Traction, Microsoft, Companies Gleaning Data and More (www.tfir.io)

Posted by msmash on from the long-conversations dept.

Swapnil Bhartiya, who runs the blog TFIR, had a chance to interview Linus Torvalds at Open Source Summit in the second half of August this year. (Some context: The interview, which was published this week, took place before Mr. Torvalds said he needs to take a step back to reflect on how he has dealt with the community over the years. Since then, we have learned that Mr. Torvalds is returning to his position.) In the wide-ranging interview, Mr. Torvalds has touched a wide-range of subjects, including formulating workarounds for the problematic hardware bugs (Meltdown, Spectre), and Chromebooks gaining traction (though it is still not a machine that he could use for his work yet). He also talked about companies gleaning a lot of data about their users, regulations, (a tad bit of politics), Linux community.

Greg Kroah-Hartman (aka Greg K-H) joined Mr. Bhartiya and Mr. Torvalds for the second half of the interview. On Sunday, Mr. Bhartiya published an additional interview of Mr. Kroah-Hartman.

21 comments

  1. This sounds like an AMORAL get together by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and it MUST stop.

  2. Transcript? Or at least time stamps? by Bradmont · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please don't post a 45 minute video without a transcript, or at least time indexes for the major topics. There are interesting subjects in this interview, but I don't want to dig through a huge video to find them...

    1. Re:Transcript? Or at least time stamps? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You don't think the submitted actually watched it, do you?

  3. Yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Skxnnnzxy!

  4. Better than Woz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Linus is the voice of technology. He climbed the mountain top and saw the promised land. He led the world into the land of milk and honey. He is our the high priest of technology. Imagine how awesome it is to wake up everyday, look in the mirror and say "Hey y'all! I'm Linus! That's me lookin' back at cha!" Nothing is too good for Linus; just imagine a world without Torvalds, and being ruled by Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Dear Lord, I shudder in my tracks at the thought!

    1. Re:Better than Woz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Only to be bought low by SJW

  5. Re:Did they tak CoCs and balls? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It seems that you're into functional programming with all your talk about the calculus of constructions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_of_constructions.

    Do you have a newsletter?

  6. Re:Transcript? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I agree. The reason I get all my news via the Internet, and not television, is that the task takes just a tenth the time by reading.

  7. Re: Transcript? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I just get my news through memes. It is faster and likely more truthful.

  8. C.u.C. by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 2

    Why wouldn't the only relevant issue be Linux's new Code of Conduct (C.u.C.)?

    1. Re:C.u.C. by StormReaver · · Score: 1

      Why wouldn't the only relevant issue be Linux's new Code of Conduct (C.u.C.)?

      Shouldn't that be Code of Conduct for Kernel Experienced Developers (Co.C.K.E.D)?

    2. Re:C.u.C. by XArtur0 · · Score: 1

      Contributor
      Universal
      Code of Conduct
      Kit
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      Linux
      Developers

      [C.U.C.K.o.L.D.]

    3. Re:C.u.C. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why wouldn't the only relevant issue be Linux's new Code of Conduct (C.u.C.)?

      Because its as relevant as those changes to your HR handbook you are emailed about every year and nobody reads. They could have the Ten Commandments in there and nobody would care or have reason to notice. If someone wants to fire you [from a project], they can already. That’s not what the house rules are for. House rules are for organizations that are so big that on any given day there are like three people wearing short shorts, and its not about making people dress to a baseline dress code, its about pointing the edge cases towards the imaginary center. Or, in the case of the kernel, it’s for the utter dick bags to be pointed at when they stray too far.

      TLDR - Being a dick because you are right is not in the definition of meritocracy.

    4. Re:C.u.C. by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      Because this interview was before the code of conduct was merged.

      --
      When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
  9. Lame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Most of it was politics.. "blowing up", media, secrecy, privacy, mailing lists, diversity...etc. Very little discussion about actual technology. What a waste of an interview.

  10. All that REALLY matter is this... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & some VERY COOL 'optimizations' that hopefully make it into the kernel + usermode space like XArrays vs. RADIX trees or "Trie" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.... & spin lock micro-optimizations https://www.phoronix.com/scan.... AFTER I've seen VLA = GONE https://www.phoronix.com/scan.... + Restartable Sequences System Call Is Living Up To Its Performance Claims https://www.phoronix.com/scan....

    * LITTLE THINGS mean a LOT (there's nothing BIGGER) - They start to add up into tangible speed/performance & stability benefits...

    APK

    P.S.=> Lastly, as an aside: I'm really, Really, REALLY starting to LIKE Mr. Larabel's site PHORONIX... apk

  11. Linus was blackmailed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Free Software world hero Linus Torvalds was forced to resign from the Linux kernel project by blackmail. He fell for a honeytrap and was threatened with a #MeToo purge if he didn't resign. It's a corporate power grab, using "Social Just-Us" as a tool.

    1. Re:Linus was blackmailed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Free Software world hero Linus Torvalds was forced to resign from the Linux kernel project by blackmail. He fell for a honeytrap and was threatened with a #MeToo purge if he didn't resign. It's a corporate power grab, using "Social Just-Us" as a tool.

      Proof?