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Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters' (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"The telephone is the only thing that matters."
– Alexander Graham Bell, probably

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

(In fairness he immediately said "That's sure to be taken out of context!" He was just discussing the importance of Kubernetes compared to the kernel.)

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In general, Torvalds doesn't care about newer technologies like the cloud and Kubernetes. "The only thing that matters is the kernel." Hohndel rejoined, "That's sure to be taken out of context!" 

Torvalds replied that he knows they are all very useful, but "clusters, clouds, and  Kubernetes are not an issue for me. The great thing about open source is that everyone specializes in what they're interested in

He was just discussing what he personally spends his time on.