He’s not Benevolent Dictator For Life, because the project is sprawling enough that he simply can’t be. He’s also ensconced deep in the technical low-level side of things, making decisions most users would hardly understand. People are much more likely to take issue with the guidance of self-appointed head guys for specific distros. God knows I ditched Ubuntu because of Mark Shuttleworth’s front-end bullshit.
Bill Gates doesn’t work on Windows anymore and hasn’t got years.
George R R Martin doesn’t publish books anymore and hasn’t for years.
Richard Stallman is…a weird little guy.
Whether you like it or not Linus is still the Linux guy.
I feel like Linux having a guy is antithetical to Linux but I guess I’m just in the minority.
I know what you mean but he literally created it and still runs the show and it’s named after him so like 🤷♂️
He’s not Benevolent Dictator For Life, because the project is sprawling enough that he simply can’t be. He’s also ensconced deep in the technical low-level side of things, making decisions most users would hardly understand. People are much more likely to take issue with the guidance of self-appointed head guys for specific distros. God knows I ditched Ubuntu because of Mark Shuttleworth’s front-end bullshit.
On that note, OpenBSD appears to be a likely refuge now that Linux has been abandoned to slop.
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=177411620801633&w=2