Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-25 days 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-square108fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down114cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1233arrow-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-25 days agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareJay🚩@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down27·4 days agoSomeone has forked Linux https://github.com/Cqinux/cinux
minus-squareᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·4 days 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-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·4 days agoStill hosted on GitHub, a property of MicroSoft.
minus-squarenormalexit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 days 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-squareulkesh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThat’s because it’s pure bullshit. And this repo will be deleted or abandoned in a month.
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 days agoAny bets on how likely that this is even maintained six months from now?
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days 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.
minus-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 days agoDoesn’t Linux already have a bunch of forks? I’m using the CachyOS kernel, for example
minus-squareJustMarkov@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoThat’s true, but how much hard-forks do you know?
minus-squareporl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAt least one for each manufacturer that uses it under the hood in a Tivo-like manner
Someone has forked Linux https://github.com/Cqinux/cinux
I can’t take that seriously
Still hosted on GitHub, a property of MicroSoft.
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.
That’s because it’s pure bullshit. And this repo will be deleted or abandoned in a month.
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.
🤣🤣🤣
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