[Discussion] Does the Debian team supervise the Linux Kernel?

[Diesel330]

My question is if Debian developers have a picture of what is going on in the Linux kernel that they ship with their distribution, or they blindly rely on the good will of the kernel developers and maintainers. I'm wondering this because they confidently state that Debian is a freedom respecting distribution but if they don't supervise the kernel I think they shouldn't be so confident, they couldn't be actually

[bw123]

Might find an answer here...

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel

you can use another kernel if you don't like it...

https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU

here are a few more...
https://www.rd.com/article/trick-questions/

good luck,
bw

[Diesel330]

Might find an answer here...

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel

you can use another kernel if you don't like it...

https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU

here are a few more...
https://www.rd.com/article/trick-questions/

good luck,
bw

Thanks for the reply. The only thing I can make from the link you provided is that there is a dedicated Debian team just for the kernel which sounds good. No I don't want to use another kernel, actually I trust the Debian community more than the Linux kernel maintainers

[lindi]

I doubt anybody has the time to review all the changes. For that you need a large team of linux kernel developers who would be familiar with each subsystem.

[jmgibson1981]

The open source model means anyone is free to look at the code. As such while some may have nefarious intentions the reality is that it will be exposed usually sooner than later. The kernel people are no more or less reliable than the Debian people. Things will slip by inevitably. But they will be fixed as soon as they are found. If that doesn't work for you then Linux in general should give you pause. Nothing is perfect regardless of who is behind it.

[Diesel330]

I doubt anybody has the time to review all the changes. For that you need a large team of linux kernel developers who would be familiar with each subsystem.

Thanks for the reply, I was hoping for a comment from a Debian developer

[Diesel330]

The open source model means anyone is free to look at the code. As such while some may have nefarious intentions the reality is that it will be exposed usually sooner than later. The kernel people are no more or less reliable than the Debian people. Things will slip by inevitably. But they will be fixed as soon as they are found. If that doesn't work for you then Linux in general should give you pause. Nothing is perfect regardless of who is behind it.

All I want from the community is good intentions, I do not demand a perfect OS, just no intended weaknesses

[Reyfer]

The open source model means anyone is free to look at the code. As such while some may have nefarious intentions the reality is that it will be exposed usually sooner than later. The kernel people are no more or less reliable than the Debian people. Things will slip by inevitably. But they will be fixed as soon as they are found. If that doesn't work for you then Linux in general should give you pause. Nothing is perfect regardless of who is behind it.

All I want from the community is good intentions, I do not demand a perfect OS, just no intended weaknesses

Then no existing distro is for you, maybe Linux From Scratch fits your need better since YOU compile the kernel

[Diesel330]

The open source model means anyone is free to look at the code. As such while some may have nefarious intentions the reality is that it will be exposed usually sooner than later. The kernel people are no more or less reliable than the Debian people. Things will slip by inevitably. But they will be fixed as soon as they are found. If that doesn't work for you then Linux in general should give you pause. Nothing is perfect regardless of who is behind it.

All I want from the community is good intentions, I do not demand a perfect OS, just no intended weaknesses

Then no existing distro is for you, maybe Linux From Scratch fits your need better since YOU compile the kernel

You suggest that all Linux distributions have intended weakness?I hope is not the case and you just going crazy