I would agree that the linux kernel is not anarchist, because only one mainline production version is released- the most recent with Rust, for example. I actual

I would agree that the linux kernel is not anarchist, because only one mainline production version is released- the most recent with Rust, for example. I actually think the wish to view linux as a binary "joined" or "not joined" to the mainline branch is actually a false dichotomy. A better way for software developers to research new software would be to re-examine the purpose of monolithic kernels, and re-evaluate why they are used in the first place. I would say monolithic kernels are more of a convenience, rather than a necessity. I wrote a blog post on this yesterday: https://iotmote.substack.com/p/exokernels-unikernels-and-single https://iotmote.substack.com/p/exokernels-unikernels-and-sin... Edit: There are other projects that the Linux foundation supports or affiliates with. One is https://xenproject.org/developers/teams/unikraft/ https://xenproject.org/developers/teams/unikraft/ So I wasn't suggesting that the main kernel is the only one, but I think software developers and the tech news websites that cover them could balance the coverage more on different tools that seem to be more "future-proof"