Post #3865399

2026-07-16 17:39 UTC

I have a vision in my mind for what I want my next era of computing to look like, and I have been making steady progress towards it for a little while; building the necessary pieces - I'm close to a point where I can be more public about this, which is very exciting. The Linux kernel is/was going to form a stable layer in that stack, but with recent developments in mind, I am more motivated than ever in exploring/contributing to alternatives. Very much time for projects to stand for something.

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@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social 2026-07-16 18:17

I have many technical quibbles about recent linux kernel stuff, but I can at least configure or patch pretty much all of that out of anything I use. I'm even somewhat sympathetic to the argument that "statistical models are tools and we shouldn't outright reject a tool" i.e. I think there might be a future where we ethically construct and use large open models for some uses. But the explicit rejection of social of political responsibility by core maintainers cannot be overlooked.

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@danmcd@hostux.social 2026-07-16 17:45

@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social Serious question, what about the Linux kernel *recently* has you changing your mind? Is it just AI/LLM policy? Or something else?

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@tasket@infosec.exchange 2026-07-16 23:00

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@tasket/116931998908316963 @sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social I listed some worthy Linux alternatives (below). Note that it focuses on microkernels and hypervisors because the theme in the OP was that Linux was too complex to be effectively forked...

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