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Missing Link: How Linux would continue without Linus Torvalds (www.heise.de)
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Nobody is immune to plane crashes, terrorist attacks, or fatal heart failure – not even Linus Torvalds, who still has the final say in the development of the kernel he named Linux. This worries many, as there is no public record of who or what would take over leadership in case of an emergency.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And then nothing loads because JavaScript is required by the fucking archive site

[–] qweertz@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

JavaScript is a normal requirement for modern web browsers?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No

[–] qweertz@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have fun living under a rock like it's the web 1.0. Maybe try running LibreJS and you might be as modern as RMS!

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile I'm the one who can read the article without any modals blocking the content..

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I don't like JS either but it's not a big deal. You can whitelist sites with noscript.