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Missing Link: How Linux would continue without Linus Torvalds (www.heise.de)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by cm0002@ttrpg.network to c/linux@programming.dev
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Nobody is immune to plane crashes, terrorist attacks, or fatal heart failure – not even Linus Torvalds, who still has the final say in the development of the kernel he named Linux. This worries many, as there is no public record of who or what would take over leadership in case of an emergency.

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[-] cm0002@ttrpg.network 39 points 2 months ago

I updated the post with an archive link, sorry I always forget this website is like that because my ad blocking makes it appear clean to me

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago

Please don't. That means folks using hardened browsers can't load the page due to a captcha

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