Linux kernel an 'invisible magician', says Torvalds 
Published: 12 Feb 2008 12:27 GMT
The Linux kernel has reached a level of maturity where it mostly goes unnoticed and acts like an "invisible magician in the background", according to Linus Torvalds.
"I think the pressure has been off the kernel for a long time now, because a lot of the new features have been about user-land and most people haven't even noticed the kernel," Torvalds said.
"The kernel should be pretty much the invisible magician in the background, unless things go wrong, and hopefully they don't," added Torvalds.
When asked if the kernel has hit a level of maturity, Torvalds said: "We are still working on a lot of stuff, and especially new hardware. On the whole, a lot of the basics are there. What we work on is better maintainability, improving the code so that we can add features more easily and occasionally adding a feature that some people care about but most will not even notice."
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