What happens to Linux when he dies?
We pack it all up, call it a good run, and switch back to Windows.
Nothing changes, Red Hat and Google will take over the dominant control of the Linux Kernel.
gnu minus linux
We can finally embrace BSD or Plan 9 as the next step in freetard evolution.
>>51834891
Why not go to the *BSDs ?
>>51834902
NO
>>51834869
Business as usual. I don't think he even personally contributes code anymore.
>>51834869
it goes to shit
>>51834869
The year of the GNU plus Hurd desktop.
It's happening, you just wait.
>>51834869
Linus has dibs so if he dies there's nothing we can do
>>51834869
"What are thoooose"
Power vaccum, SJWs invade ala mozzarella firetrucks, development stagnates, pride parades are held, girls learn to code and get to commit changes directly to the kernel without supervision.
>>51834869
He goes to silicone heaven.
(in b4 "there is no such thing as silicone heaven")
>>51834869
It will splinter. He explicitly stated he won't give any fucks as he'll be dead. He'll just give you're the finger same as NVidia.
>>51834891
>and switch back to Windows.
yeah newp.
>>51834959
>girls learn to code and get to commit changes directly to the kernel without supervision.
> [rages internally]
>>51834917
everyone shits on google uninformed at this point, the idea of the "botnet" has really gotten out of hand
google contributes quite alot of money, time and effort into various linux projects and open-source things in general
>>51835057
>the idea of the "botnet" has really gotten out of hand
Ha. Not even remotely anon. Google is just getting warmed up these past couple decades or so.
>>51834959
This exactly, unfortunately. It'll be the end of Linux.
>>51834903
Underrated post
>>51834903
/thread
>>51834959
>mfw this
How is Linus still relevant again? Do you even need the Linux colonel with systemd taking over?
>>51834903
>1990+25
>Hurd is hobbling like a slightly less than vegetative retard
>everything GNU is software packages on Linux
RMS Should feel bad
>>51835035
>He explicitly stated he won't give any fucks as he'll be dead.
[citation needed]
>>51836076
>Linux colonel
please tell me your either meming on purpose or using a smartphone (aka dumbcomputer)
judgement day
>>51836166
Sorry comment was at least a couple years back now. It was during an email exchange iirc. Googlebot will probably help you out anon.
>>51836231
>*recruits sarah conner*
>there are people on /g/ who don't know who Greg KH is
>>51836183
The colonel doesn't comprise a complete operating system.
>>51834869
Here's how you prepare
Learn the Linux OS, in and out. You must know EVERYTHING about it. Follow development, keep track of all the updates.
Then, when he dies, you're able to take the kernel and continue development on it for yourself, so that you don't have to worry about others mucking it up for you.
>>51836310
YOU MUST __BE__ THE LINUS ANON!!1
>>51834869
What happens to OpenBSD when Raadt dies?
>>51835035
> he won't give any fucks as he'll be dead
TOPKEK
>>51834959
Nobody would use that though.
>>51835057
yeah, that's why they made Mozilla fully dependent on google money and then suddenly cut off all funding right?
ESR > RMS 2bh pham
>>51836334
I hope nothing bad will happen. OpenBSD seems to be a pretty insular community of smart people. I'm sure Theo has a worthy successor lined up in case he gets hit by a bus or something.
kerneld
yeah what if he just gets hit by a bus tomorrow, id probably switch to a bsd
>>51834869
the NSA takes over.
inb4 they already have
>>51834902
>>51834869
so sjw takes over linux
Gnoogle
>>51834869
Nothing, everything is kept the same except it's now supervised by people related to Linus.
>>51836292
literally who
>>51835079
>past couple decades
>>51836370
mozilla declined google's check afair
>>51837362
we're only a couple years off from they're 20 year IPO date. I was using the real Google beta in '96
>>51836719
GNU/gle
>>51834903
> Linux = Linus + Unix
> Linus dies
> Linux - Linus = Unix
GNU/Unix
it'll be inherited by his swj daughter
>>51837622
yeah but would you?
>>51834869
>Linux
>dies
rmsGNU/hurdBSD mate ++ \\
>>51834869
it will be rewritten in glorious c++
>>51837614
gnunix
>>51837622
>>51837634
tfw she's my age
>>51836423
>tfw you'll never be important enough to have an understudy in case you get hit by a bus
So the question now is
which BSD should I start prepping for?
What happened to C and Unix when Dennis Ritchie died?
>>51837764
Those were out of his hands by the time of his death.
They grew up into beasts of their own. Besides, a lot of the old Bell Labs people still live.
>>51836328
> veritable who's who of wizards
> Zuckerjew in the corner
kek
His feminist daughter becomes the defacto maintainer.
>>51837778
Some quick shit I did on my phone
>>51837812
we need to decide a single worthy replacement to fill the gap
>>51837812
Uriel RIP
someone should actually write linus a letter or email and ask him.
he seems like the kind of guy that would plan for the case of him dying.
>>51837812
ahmed will fill his place by soldering us a new sick kernel
>>51837833
My vote goes with Rich Hickey
>>51837871
Fuck off
>>51837868
This
>>51837871
LEL
>>51837868
Okay lets do this, one word at a time
I start;
IN
>>51837833
Some BSD related person I guess.
>>51836670
They already are.
Luckily we can just sit back and laugh at them while using distro and software alternatives. That's the benefit to open source, if one goes to shit there's 100 more to try.
>>51834869
It won't matter, as Systemd will have made the Linux kernel and GNU irrelevant by then.
>>51835001
Silicon heaven you twat! Silicone heaven is where dead sex toys and breast implants go
>>51837879
Drop trip
THE
>>51835235
Dennou Coil was a good anime that is totally /g/ tier
>>51837922
EVENT
Linus takes over.
>>51834937
>>51836156
>>51834937
I don't think Hurd will ever surpass Linux, at least not with computing being what it is now. Microkernels may be more secure and stable, but the performance cost is so steep. There's no point in putting that kind of emphasis on stability when proper Linux servers never crash anyway. The way I see it, the cost in getting hardware to match performance would probably outweigh the cost of justt having redundant servers. It's even worse on desktops, since having ultra-secure, ultra-stable kernel, don't matter for the vast majority of people.
>>51834911
>>51836334
>>51836423
>>51837758
>>51837887
Honestly, I'd love for BSD to get more attention. I'm considering moving to OpenBSD, at least on my secondary machine, so I can test how well Linux emulation works for games. The problem as it stands now is that very little non-FLOSS software runs on BSD, so it's practicality is limited for normal people. If I can get better performance on Linux games than I did on Linux, and passable performance emulating Wine (I severely doubt it), I'll jump ship immiediately. I'm not going to stick to Linux if there's something clearly better. It's just for the time being I don't think BSD is better since I have no proof.
GNU/systemd
>>51837942
anon pls
he's only good at building novideo computers when money is thrown at him
he's not even babby tier GNU/Linux ready
>>51837833
Would Jim Keller be worthy? He was a coauthor of x86_64, etc and has innovated the CPU industry.
>>51838023
> CPU Industry
Literally just Intel fucking shit up over and over again now. Fat load of good Jim Keller did.
>>51837614
>GNU's Not Unix/Unix
Makes sense
>>51837886
So far we have "In".
Good enough? Do we send it?
>>51838060
GNU's not UNIX, but it is Unix
>>51838078
We have;
IN THE EVENT
Go back and look for the all-capped comments.
>>51834869
the GNU Hurd takes over, of course
>>51837886
case
>>51837966
Fuck Unix and fake unix, let's have new stuff gaining traction. The fact that BeOS never took off due to MS's shenanigans is an outright crime.
>>51837966
>I don't think Hurd will ever surpass Linux
Well, not with just a couple of devs at debian even caring about it anymore. Ideally, it would get into an efficient state if it had the powerhouse of the linux kernel devs behind it, but it's clearly never going to happen. I'm guessing with proper optimizing and a well oiled team of devs, the performance hit from being a microkernel would be negligible.
>>51838372
Is there any need or demand for something new though? What use cases aren't already suitably covered by what's available now?
Arguably BeOS was very ahead of the curve 15 years ago, but I feel things have plateaued somewhat now.
>>51837966
OpenBSD is not about performance. You want FreeBSD for that. OpenBSD is about security, and code correctness. It makes for a nice desktop to get some work done too, but it's not going to ever be a gaming/entertainment OS.
>>51838500
Security. We need something like an open-source version of Midori to replace Linux.
>>51838372
>>51838500
Yea. I mean, whatever's best. Only reason I'm staying on something Unix-like is that porting stuff to Unix-likes is probably trivial compared to going between Windows and anything. If something significantly better comes along, I'll switch to it.
>>51838449
Hurd, the BSDs and to a lesser extent, Linux all suffer from the network effect, where their development or lack thereof is based on a feedback loop. Linux is only gaining traction these days because more people use it and vice versa. So unless we get a very vocal community for Hurd and BSDs, they'll never be important and get the support their backers desire for it.
Anyway, my understanding of the problem with the microkernel is that the different modules take many more CPU cycles to communicate with each other. I don't develop software, so I'm not certain to what extent it could be fixed. I'd ditch Linux in a heartbeat if there was something better. But unfortunately for Hurd, "better" includes having software and being functional. Maybe it'll see a resurgence in the future after Linux dies, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
>>51838510
I'm going to try multiple flavors of BSD and see which works best for my purposes. I only listed OpenBSD because "MUH SECURITY." If the performance hits in games are small or negligible, I'd use it over another BSD unless something like FreeBSD or Dragonfly has way more features. I hear hammer is fucking awesome.
>>51837685
gnu's not unix
it's what gnu means
derp anon
>>51836292
He's gonna merge kdbus and all the other shit Linus has been fending off for years
