• expr@programming.dev
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    16 hours ago

    Changes can come from anywhere. The Linux kernel itself doesn’t use any central repository like Github, it’s instead done via emailing patches that are eventually merged into the mainline kernel repository managed by Linus.

    It is 100% decentralized.

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      8 hours ago

      mainline kernel repository managed by Linus.

      It is 100% decentralized.

      But… How does that work? The code has to be stored somewhere

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        How does that work? The code has to be stored somewhere…

        The code is replicated by everyone who works on it, and on various public and private servers, so you might say it’s stored everywhere.