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  • Creating a kernel is hard, Linux itself is not going anywhere.
    If all current maintainers suddenly disappear, several corporations, who heavily depend on Linux, will maintain their own forks, so we will get Google kernel for phones, Amazon kernel for datacenters, Valve kernel for gaming, and probably some European initiative kernel for PCs and laptops to do document editing.













  • If you want to run Linux on a toaster with 16 MB flash, your best option is probably OpenWRT.
    If you are running it on a regular PC, just turn off the monitor and plug out the speakers I guess. Recompiling Linux kernel looks too much like a hassle, you’ll need to disable specific device drivers to deactivate videocard and soundcard but keep the keyboard running. Or boot into a recovery mode, the OS will disable everything except for the terminal, and you’ll need to enable networking using shell commands.