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Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don’t equate to bloat

“Williams: I saw an interview with [Linus Torvalds] the other
day and he was suggesting the idea that in some respects, the core
Linux kernel is getting a little bit bloated and that there’s just
so much stuff going in there and I think of course Linus speaks his
mind at any given moment and doesn’t bother himself with
consistency from day to day in his thoughts, but is this reflective
of any maturity in the evolution of the kernel technologically? Is
this suggesting maybe that a lot more focus is going to surrounding
capabilities?”

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