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Linus moved to the US two decades ago, so it's been quite a while since Linux could be considered "European".
by stefanfisk 1y ago
Linus moved to the US two decades ago, so it's been quite a while since Linux could be considered "European".
- lillecarl 1y agoI think it should be considered what it is, global with profits centered in the US.
- ghaff 1y agoCertainly, the are a fair number of contributors in Europe and both SUSE and Canonical are European based. I still think it's hard not to think of Linux as fairly US-centric however if only because of how many large US companies use (and contribute to) Linux.
- lillecarl 1y agoValid, I've noticed that a lot of non-US contributors work for American corporations too. It's a bit ideological for me ("OSS is global") so I think I might gaslight myself into believing it's more equal than it is. I'm happy wherever the contributions come from either way but I will never call Linux US-centric! Lennart Poettering(German, works for American corps) comes to mind as an example, though not a kernel developer.