For those unaware, Christop Hellwig is the Linux maintainer who tried to block Rust bindings for DMA.

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    21 hours ago

    Honestly I kind of want Linus to step down too. He’s been slowly moving away for a long time already. It might be time for a new primary maintainer to step up.

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      21 hours ago

      I really really don’t. As soon as he does, corporate vultures (such as MBA degree holders) and people who “want to change what ‘open source’ means” will swoop in. If we replace Linus, I hope its someone very similar to him who isn’t afraid to be a hardass where it’s needed and will keep the current vision of Linux alive.

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        10 hours ago

        If Linus is the only person keeping Linux from descending into corporate enshittification then the project is critically vulnerable already.

        What if Linus steps back for personal reasons? What if he falls ill? What if a family member falls ill? What if he’s ousted within the foundation? Linux cannot afford to have Linus being a single point of failure.

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        20 hours ago

        Such is the problem with dictators in any situation. A benevolent dictator might be one of the most productive ways to run a project, but at some point there has to be a successor. Even a mildly-less-benevolent dictator could cause a lot of damage. Linux needs a governance structure with checks and balances even if it means slower decision making; it’s too important to let fall into the wrong hands.

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          17 hours ago

          Fully agree with this

          Any dictator at some point can cause irreparable harm, this is something that should never be able to happen.

          This is coming from a huge fan of Linus, he really is a hero to me

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        19 hours ago

        As long as good actors can still do good work in a fork of Linux then hopefully it’s resistant to corporate vultures.

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      20 hours ago

      Let Linus see through the Rust inclusion in Linux. I dont think it will go well without him. He is well respected in the Linux community so people are more willing to compromise with him.