Do you think Linux is still evolving in a meaningful way, or mostly refining itself?
Posted by DifficultBarber9439@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 2 comments
I’ve been using Linux for a while now and reading a bit about its history and design decisions.
One thing I keep wondering is this:
it feels like a lot of the “big ideas” in OS design are already kind of settled, and most of the work today is improving performance, drivers, and compatibility.
Don’t get me wrong — that stuff obviously matters a lot. But I’m curious how people here see it:
Do you think Linux is still evolving in a fundamental way, or is it mostly refining something that’s already mature?
Like, are there still major architectural changes ahead, or are we basically iterating on a very solid foundation at this point?
Would love to hear from people who’ve been around longer or have worked closer to the kernel side.
phoenix823@reddit
Evolution is always meaningful, but it's not going to grow 7 eyes and a horn (figuratively) and become something drastically different any time soon. You could look at the distros for non-kernel evolution.
x0wl@reddit
Linux is evolving in a lot of ways, and pioneers some really cool OS design, BPF is one such example, there is a lot of cool filesystem design going on etc.
The thing is that we as a civilization want to use our computers to do a fairly limited number of things, and because of that you'll see a lot of convergent evolution and not many revolutionary changes.