Slashdot article about the future of Linux — and on open source in general

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/05/01/014252/fedoras-lead-speaks-on-the-popularity-of-linux-and-the-importance-of-open-source
is an interview between the Fedora project leader and TechRepublic’s Jack Wallen. It’s not about Fedora specifically, it’s about the things that are most important to the worldwide efforts that have become important to many things, including appliances – something I actually wrote a graduate thesis on at least twenty years ago.

Here is a clip from the article:

(“When the OS gets in the way, it drops from the conversation I want to have about big ideas to … well, the boring technical details that people never want to deal with”)

And he also shared his thoughts on what Linux needs most. “What I’d really like to see more of are more non-technical contributors. I mean, yes, we can always benefit from more packagers and coders and engineers, but I think what we really need desperately are writers, designers, artists, videographers, communicators, organizers and planners. I don’t think big companies are likely to provide those things, at least, not for the parts of the Linux world which aren’t their products.”

“We need people who think the whole grand project I’ve been talking about is important, and who have the skills and interests to help make it real.”

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