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Linus Torvalds releases Linux 6.6 after running out of excuses for further work
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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I get that Linus is a superhero, but it's still so weird to me that this vital piece of the world's infrastructure relies on one man.
Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/2347/
It is a small bunch of people though.
https://www.theregister.com/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/
This legit actually happened