Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 months agotension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down114
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linktension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareJay🚩@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down28·2 months agoSomeone has forked Linux https://github.com/Cqinux/cinux
minus-squareᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up56arrow-down1·2 months ago Linus Torvalds has been sold out to big tech companies like Google and Microsoft. He himself is a billionaire and no longer writes any code. I can’t take that seriously
minus-squarenormalexit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoYeah a dozen or so commits updating readme files isn’t exactly compelling stuff. Any of us could do this in five minutes on GitHub.
minus-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoStill hosted on GitHub, a property of MicroSoft.
minus-squareulkesh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s because it’s pure bullshit. And this repo will be deleted or abandoned in a month.
minus-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoDoesn’t Linux already have a bunch of forks? I’m using the CachyOS kernel, for example
minus-squareJustMarkov@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s true, but how much hard-forks do you know?
minus-squareporl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAt least one for each manufacturer that uses it under the hood in a Tivo-like manner
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoAny bets on how likely that this is even maintained six months from now?
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoSix months don’t even give it a month. I don’t think most people want to admit how many kernel devs are paid devs. Nobody is doing all this work for free people need a home and food.
Someone has forked Linux https://github.com/Cqinux/cinux
I can’t take that seriously
Yeah a dozen or so commits updating readme files isn’t exactly compelling stuff. Any of us could do this in five minutes on GitHub.
Still hosted on GitHub, a property of MicroSoft.
That’s because it’s pure bullshit. And this repo will be deleted or abandoned in a month.
Doesn’t Linux already have a bunch of forks? I’m using the CachyOS kernel, for example
That’s true, but how much hard-forks do you know?
Relevant, maintained? Zero.
At least one for each manufacturer that uses it under the hood in a Tivo-like manner
Any bets on how likely that this is even maintained six months from now?
Six months don’t even give it a month. I don’t think most people want to admit how many kernel devs are paid devs. Nobody is doing all this work for free people need a home and food.
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