#linux torvalds

[systemdeez]

I'm so glad the creator of Linux is like a lefty communist sjw. Could not live with myself otherwise.

[probablybita]

Linux-tan & linus torvalds ig?

[torillatavataan]

Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote:

"Ok, lots of Russian trolls out and about. It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to "grass root" it by Russian troll factories isn't going to change anything. And FYI for the actual innocent bystanders who aren't troll farm accounts - the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing. If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. And by "news", I don't mean Russian state-sponsored spam. As to sending me a revert patch - please use whatever mush you call brains. I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be *supporting* Russian aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too."

What is Linux?

Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

Linux was originally developed for personal computers based on the Intel x86 architecture, but has since been ported to more platforms than any other operating system. Because of the dominance of Linux-based Android on smartphones, Linux, including Android, has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating systems as of May 2022.

Linux is the leading operating system on servers (over 96.4% of the top one million web servers' operating systems are Linux) leads other big iron systems such as mainframe computers, and is used on all of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers (as of November 2017, having gradually displaced all competitors).

Linux also runs on embedded systems, i.e., devices whose operating system is typically built into the firmware and is highly tailored to the system. This includes routers, automation controls, smart home devices, video game consoles, televisions (Samsung and LG smart TVs), automobiles (Tesla, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Toyota), and spacecraft (Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon crew capsule, and the Perseverance rover).

[revretch]

Watching this TED talk interview with Linus Torvalds is absolutely hilarious because the host (in true phony tech bro fashion) keeps trying to bait him into talking about these grand dreams or sweeping ideas he had behind Linux and Linus is just like "I liked the thing. So I did the thing"

Host: But you had some dream, right?

Linus: No.

Host: Just a little dream?

Linus: No dream.

Host: But--

Linus: Did I mention I'm kind of a jerk?

Host:

Linus: (turning to a crowd full of tech nerds) Anyway, I like Edison better than Tesla

Absolute legend.

( Interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NPllzkFhE )

[free-online-gnome]

Linus Torvalds dad has serious drip he looks like an archmage

[lagtrainzzz]

she push on my branch til i merge

[capybara-is-watching]

まずは問題は自分にあるかもしれないという事実を受け入れてみてはどうかな。きみはきっと、自分のほうがよくわかっている!と思っているだろうけど、いまの（カーネル開発コミュニティの）プロセスはうまくいっている。もちろん問題はあるが、問題が起こることは人生の現実だ。完璧なものなど存在しない。しかしきみが行ったソーシャルメディアのブリゲーディングは「そのアプローチにはまったくもって関わりたくない」と僕に思わせるものだ。カーネル開発に問題があるとしても、ソーシャルメディアは絶対に解決策ではない。（⁠ソーシャルメディアが）政治の解決策ではなかったのと同じことだ。技術的なパッチと議論はもちろん重要だ。だがソーシャルメディアによるブリゲーディングは…ノーサンキューだ。

Asahi Linuxのリードデベロッパがアップストリームメンテナーを辞任、背景に“C vs. Rust”対立に端を発したブリゲーディング | gihyo.jp

特定の個人やグループに対してソーシャルメディア上で攻撃する行為は「ブリゲーディング（brigading⁠）⁠」と呼ばれる

[forever-stuck-on-java-8]

Day 3 of learning NixOS

NVIDIA drivers still hates me...

Discord's insistence to use an ancient electron version once again causes problems

Progressive Web App support appears to miss

Rolling back to past generations is an amazing feature, don't think I can live without it anymore

Declarative package management is an absolute win

Haven't wrapped my head around flakes

Documentation can be hit or miss

[sludge-life-daily]

[slashscreen]

Linus Torvalds is posting on Mastodon again.

[mrporg]

Linus Torvalds famously expressed the opinion that if someone is relying on a bug in an ABI (Application Binary Interface, i.e. the contract between the OS and the kernel), you do not "fix" it, it is now a feature.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/22/232

"If it's a bug that people rely on, it's not a bug. It's a feature"

I don't necessarily agree that strongly, but I think about that frequently, especially in today's world where the only thing anyone seems to think about is "move fast, break things", no matter how important said things are for some people.

Randall Munroe is obviously taking things to 11, as he often does, to illustrate the absurdities that can result from taking a hard stance on that.

i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.

[frog707]

Torvalds interview

[howardviva]

The masculine desire to explain Linux to someone.

[nksistemas]

Linux 6.15 RC1: Linus Torvalds Lanza la Primera Versión de Prueba del Nuevo Kernel

La comunidad Linux ya tiene un nuevo hito para celebrar: Linus Torvalds ha anunciado oficialmente la disponibilidad del primer Release Candidate (RC1) del próximo kernel Linux 6.15, marcando el inicio del ciclo de pruebas para esta nueva versión del núcleo del sistema operativo más usado en servidores, supercomputadoras y dispositivos embebidos. ¿Cuándo llegará la versión final? Tras el…

[octofoils]

under the influence of li'nux, torvalds attempts to bring a computer to life