What Jonathan Corbet thinks about Linux
American Linux kernel developer and journalist, co-founder and executive editor of LWN.net.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Jonathan Corbet has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingLinux distributions that leave application shipping to third-party repositories may lose users.
Their wordsDistributors that leave much of their work to third-repositories may end up losing users to those that hold to their original mission.