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For reference for HN users who don't know who this is:

> Greg Kroah-Hartman is a major Linux kernel developer. As of April 2013 he is the Linux kernel maintainer for the -stable branch, the staging subsystem, USB, driver core, debugfs, kref, kobject, and the sysfs kernel subsystems, Userspace I/O (with Hans J. Koch), and TTY layer.

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kroah-Hartman

I think it's fair to say he's the number two guy in the kernel. Is he younger than Linus? I could see him running the show when Linus has enough and calls it a day.

From what I understood, when Linus took his break a few years back, this is exactly what happened.

He is the guy that corporate guys feel more “manageable”than Linus.

Linus has been losing control on Linux directions long time ago.

Corporate guys "manage me"? Have you talked to any corporate guys who have actually tried that and discussed the results with them? :)

What is probably meant is "find easier to deal with" (hence the quotes around "manageable"). I'm only guessing, though - but in any event, let's not forget that not everyone around here is a native speaker of English! I can relate to the fact that it's sometimes difficult to express exactly what you have in mind.

I think that two fiascos that you've been a part of, kdbus [1][2] and UMN [3], have conditioned some people to view you in a certain light.

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/649111/

[2] https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1506.2/04860.html

[3] https://twitter.com/spendergrsec/status/1532715644734644228

> Linus has been losing control on Linux directions long time ago.

I'm interested :)

Shameless Plug:

I was very fortunate to have a conversation with him a few years ago. We talked a bit about his journey and a bit about his hacks, his setup, and of course a lot about Linux:

http://www.mycpu.org/interview-with-GKH/

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