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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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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago

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

[-] qweertz@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

JavaScript is a normal requirement for modern web browsers?

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago

No

[-] qweertz@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

Have fun living under a rock like it's the web 1.0. Maybe try running LibreJS and you might be as modern as RMS!

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile I'm the one who can read the article without any modals blocking the content..

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I don't like JS either but it's not a big deal. You can whitelist sites with noscript.

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