Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters'

www.zdnet.com Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters'

In a wide-ranging conversation with Verizon open-source officer Dirk Hohndel, 'plodding engineer' Linus Torvalds discussed where Linux is today and where it may go tomorrow.

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Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters'

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Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters'

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Of course it's the only thing that matters to him, he's spent a huge chunk of his life on it.
- "The telephone is the only thing that matters."
  – Alexander Graham Bell, probably
  
  (In fairness he immediately said "That's sure to be taken out of context!" He was just discussing the importance of Kubernetes compared to the kernel.)
  
  In general, Torvalds doesn't care about newer technologies like the cloud and Kubernetes. "The only thing that matters is the kernel." Hohndel rejoined, "That's sure to be taken out of context!"
  Torvalds replied that he knows they are all very useful, but "clusters, clouds, and Kubernetes are not an issue for me. The great thing about open source is that everyone specializes in what they're interested in
  He was just discussing what he personally spends his time on.
- Came in here to say word for word the exact same thing