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Comment on Linus Torvalds on Community, Rust and Linux’s Longevity

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I found the following quote from the article really interesting when it comes to thinking about managing open source projects.

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Torvalds still considers that one of the building blocks of the Linux community; “just for fun,” he said, is part of what he still strives for.

It comes up when people talk about the possibility of writing some Linux kernel modules using Rust. “From a technical angle, does that make sense?” Torvalds asked. “Who knows. That’s not the point. The point is for a project to stay interesting — and to stay fun — you have to play with it.”'

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