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Most Linux kernel contributors are professionals who are paid for their work. They aren't hobbyists. However, there are quite a few critically important tools
by not2b 2y ago
Most Linux kernel contributors are professionals who are paid for their work. They aren't hobbyists.
However, there are quite a few critically important tools and libraries that are essentially maintained by a volunteer as a hobby, and yes, that's a risk.
- SoftTalker 2y agoHence the observation that "single-maintainer projects (or subsystems, or packages) will be seen as risky".
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoThere are trillions of dollars of budgeted organizations dependent on Linux. I'm talking about serious hundreds of millions funded foundations on par with windows at least to some scale. The US government should get forking over tens of millions. Hell, it should be part of the AWS contract with the government that they fund Linux foundation that tune. Everyone crying over some reputation smear on Linux programmers are missing the goddamn point, especially on the desktop front. If the US wants to continue to have wide open vulnerable consumer networks, then I guess windows will make us fundamentally vulnerable. The US military needs a consumer tier secure Linux desktop. And if rather it wasn't android corporate spyware because otherwise that is what we are getting. I guess I just answered my question. Android for everyone.