Keynote: Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux & Git, in Conversation with Dirk Hohndel
Interviewat Open Source Summit Korea 2025 · on Wednesday, 2025-11-05· at 09:00· Grand Ballroom (5F)·
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Covers concrete claims about kernel evolution: maintenance is the ongoing work after 35-year project status, occasional removal of components (only a handful in 35 years), and a steady process with over a thousand contributors per release and kernel releases every two months. Discusses adopting Rust five years ago (about three years of in-tree code), AI tools for patch triage and backporting (still experimental), Nvidia’s increased kernel engagement, and 6.18 as a boring, stable release.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:06Linux kernel maintenance
- 4:41Kernel development process
- 7:12Rust in Linux kernel
- 8:58Kernel disagreements
- 10:21Kernel 6.18 release
- 11:27Hardware evolution
- 13:12Proprietary software on Linux
- 15:25AI in code review
- 17:54AI for code generation
- 20:42AI productivity
- 23:14Hardware hobbies
- 26:48Linus's work habits
- 29:14Closing
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