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Missing Link: How Linux would continue without Linus Torvalds (www.heise.de)
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Nobody is immune to plane crashes, terrorist attacks, or fatal heart failure – not even Linus Torvalds, who still has the final say in the development of the kernel he named Linux. This worries many, as there is no public record of who or what would take over leadership in case of an emergency.

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[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's when you hit em with that archive site.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And then nothing loads because JavaScript is required by the fucking archive site

[–] qweertz@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

JavaScript is a normal requirement for modern web browsers?