--- title: What Happens to Linux After Linus Torvalds? We Finally... description: The Linux kernel project now has a formal succession plan for the first time in its 30+ year history. If Linus Torvalds or key maintainers become unavailable,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-happens-to-linux-after-linus-torvalds-we-finally-have-the-answer-to-this-uncomfortable-questio-lh64hseds twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What Happens to Linux After Linus Torvalds? We Finally Have the Answer to This Uncomfortable Question | daily.dev og:description: The Linux kernel project now has a formal succession plan for the first time in its 30+ year history. If Linus Torvalds or key maintainers become unavailable,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-happens-to-linux-after-linus-torvalds-we-finally-have-the-answer-to-this-uncomfortable-questio-lh64hseds og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lh64HSeDS.png og:image:alt: What Happens to Linux After Linus Torvalds? We Finally Have the Answer to This Uncomfortable Question og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What Happens to Linux After Linus Torvalds? We Finally Have the Answer to This Uncomfortable Question **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Linux kernel project now has a formal succession plan for the first time in its 30+ year history. If Linus Torvalds or key maintainers become unavailable, a designated person must initiate action within 72 hours by convening maintainers from the last Maintainer Summit and Technical Advisory Board members. This group has two weeks to communicate their plan to the community. The document was drafted after the 2025 Tokyo summit and officially signed by Torvalds himself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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