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    I like how the title pretends *nix operating systems don't exist (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    I'm not sure. I envision a lot of regulatory stuff happening around the kernel as it becomes more popular & vital to infrastructure. As that happens, the direction of it becomes more controlled and eventually maybe becomes unrecognizable.

    But maybe the fact it's open source flat out prevents that?

    I really don't know, I'm not a futurists, I was just internet speculating.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    The Linux kernel is already popular & vital to infrastructure, servers and Android exist

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

    That's true.

    But Android getting more & more locked down as time goes on is a good example of what I'm afraid of might start happening once there are too many cooks in the kitchen.

    I'm just speculating out of nowhere.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    I thought of a good metaphor even though this thread is basically dead.

    I used to smoke cigarettes. In the State I lived in at the time, Oregon, they taxed cigarettes, but not tobacco. So I learned to roll my own & would make around 80 cigarettes for the equivalent price of a single pack of prefabs.

    Now, because lawmakers aren't generally smokers, this flew under their radar for years. Until it didn't. Then they sewed that loophole up tight pretty quickly.

    Right now Linux is vital to our infrastructure, but I don't think Lawmakers (& Oligarchs) really know that. I guess I'm a little concerned about what happens if they find out.