Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:55:37 +0200, D wrote:
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I often wonder if the community oriented people will turn to BSD, or if
there will be a new kind of "big bang" that will generate something new,
that will take off with lightning speed?

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https://thenewstack.io/open-source-needs-younger-maintainers-how-can-it-
get-them/
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I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the next big bang for operating
systems. For that matter Linux and *BSD have been more like a 50 year slow
burn than any sort of bang if you consider Unix to be the progenitor.
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I would argue linux was a big bang. As for open source maintainers, this is good! There is of course no responsibility, and I think perhaps companies will learn what they are basing their products on, in case a maintainer disappears.
If there's a need, a way will be found.
But looking at the developers I meet today, the vast majority are javascript and python ninjas.
The ones I know who do C, rust and are generally brilliant are:
1. Few.
2. Older.
I agree that if that is part of a trend, many open source projects will slowly die over the years, and as you say, the chance of a new OS from scratch is perhaps also lower.
But there is this Ladybug browser, with the associated OS, can that be something?