Linus Torvalds muses about maintainer gray hairs and the next 'King of Linux'

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Linus Torvalds muses about maintainer gray hairs and the next 'King of Linux'
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In a candid keynote chat at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on kernel development, the integration of Rust, and the future of open source.

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I'm wondering the same thing for Valve and Gabe Newell.

definitely the case for Valve. Corporate vultures will be all over it the second he's gone.

If they both decide to step down around the same time, that's going to be wild few years.