Linus Torvalds ：开源改变了 Linux, 否则它就完了
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> Linux 本来会像其他业余项目一样被抛在后面，但开源改变了这一点。
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你可能已经知道这个故事，30 年前，芬兰学生 Linus Torvalds 开发了一个业余项目，创建了一个类 UNIX 操作系统。


你不知道的是，Torvalds 认为这个业余项目已经完成了，他本想把它抛在脑后，做一些新的、有趣的项目。


那么，是什么让他在这个“业余项目”上工作了 30 年呢？答案是开源。


### 开源改变了 Linux


在最近结束的 [北美开源峰会](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/) 上，Linus Torvalds 分享了一些关于 Linux 项目过去、现在和未来的见解。


当回忆起这个项目的最初情况时，[Torvalds 说](https://thenewstack.io/linus-torvalds-on-community-rust-and-linuxs-longevity/) 他本以为会以“已完成的状态”抛下 Linux 这个项目，而去做些新的、有趣的事情。



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> 显然是开源改变了这一切。这个项目，如果是由我来决定，我可能会把它抛在一边，但是突然间，我开始收到各种问题，最后还有人们提交的补丁，这使得我的动力不断持续。现在 30 年过去了，这仍然是动力所在。
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Torvalds 还补充说，就他而言，Linux 在过去 29 年里已经完成了。以后添加的每一个其他的功能，都是其他人需要、想要或感兴趣的。


许多开发人员都会遇到这种情况。你在一个项目上工作，认为它已经达到“完成”的状态了，如果这个项目没有足够的吸引力，你就会对它失去兴趣，转而去做一些“新的、有趣的”事情。实际上继续这个项目的真正动力来自用户和认可。


当被问及 Linux 50 周年要做些什么时，Torvalds 说，他不认为自己在 70 岁的时候还能继续做内核编程。然后他还补充说，他也没想过自己在 50 岁还在做内核编程，但他现在却在做这个事情。



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> “不知何故，我不认为我 70 岁还能做内核编程。但是另一方面，几年前，我也没想到自己 50 岁还在做内核编程，所以……我们拭目以待。”
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我们总是愿意听 Torvalds 谈论 Linux，作为一个热心的 Linux 用户，我们还有如此多需要学习和交流的东西！


来源：[The News Stack](https://thenewstack.io/linus-torvalds-on-community-rust-and-linuxs-longevity/)




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You probably already know the story. 30 years ago, Finnish student Linus Torvalds created a UNIX-like operating system as a hobby project.

What you do not know is that Torvalds thought that the hobby project was done, and he would have left it behind to work on some new and interesting project.

So, what made his work on this ‘hobby project’ for 30 years? The answer is open source.

## Open source changed Linux

At the recently concluded [Open Source Summit North America event](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/?ref=news.itsfoss.com), Linus Torvalds shared some insights into the past, present and future of the Linux project.

While remembering the beginning of the project, [Torvalds said](https://thenewstack.io/linus-torvalds-on-community-rust-and-linuxs-longevity/?ref=news.itsfoss.com) that he’d expected to leave behind Linux in a ‘done state’ to work for something new and interesting.

That was clearly then what open source changed. Because suddenly this project — that I probably would’ve left behind, if it was only up to me — I started getting questions about, and eventually patches — that just kept the motivation going. And here we are 30 years later, and it’s still what keeps the motivation going.


Torvalds also added that as far as he is concerned, Linux is done for the past 29 years. Every other feature that has been added later is about what other people needed, wanted or were interested in.

Many developers would relate to this. You work on a project and think that it has reached a ‘done’ state. If the project does not get enough traction, you lose interest to work on it and move to something ‘new and exciting’. The real motivation to continue the project comes from the users and the recognition.

When asked about what they should be doing for the 50th anniversary of Linux, Torvalds said that he doesn’t see himself doing kernel programming at the age of 70. Then he also chipped in that he didn’t imagine himself doing kernel programming at the age of 50 as well and yet he is doing that at present.

“Somehow I don’t see myself doing kernel programming when I’m 70. But on the other hand, I didn’t see myself doing kernel programming when I was 50 either, a few years back. So… we’ll see.”


It is always endearing to listen to Torvalds talking about Linux. So much to learn and to relate as an ardent Linux user, right?

*Source: The News Stack*

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