[$] Episode 29 of the Dirk and Linus show
Linus Torvalds is famously averse to presenting prepared talks, but thewider community is always interested in what he has to say about thecondition of the Linux kernel. So, for some time now, his appearances havebeen in the form of an informal conversation with Dirk Hohndel. At the2025 Open Source Summit Japan, the pair followed that tradition for the29th time. Topics covered include the state of the development process,what Torvalds actually does, and how machine-learning tools might fit intothe kernel project.