{"slug": "linux-is-sabotaged-by-botspam-and-bloat-de-facto-denial-of-service-attack-in-in", "title": "Linux is Sabotaged by Botspam and Bloat (de Facto Denial of Service Attack in \"Intelligence\" Clothing After Rust in \"Security\" Clothing)", "summary": "Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds complained that LLM-generated code submissions, which he called \"slop,\" are overwhelming the Linux kernel and are not being properly audited, according to a post on schestowitz.com. Torvalds expressed concerns that Linux is becoming bloated and slipping out of developers' control, with the Linux Foundation allegedly influenced by the AI industry.", "body_md": "# Linux is Sabotaged by Botspam and Bloat (de Facto Denial of Service Attack in \"Intelligence\" Clothing After Rust in \"Security\" Clothing)\n\n [Crossposted from schestowitz.com](https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/08/linus-torvalds-again-complains-that-llm-slop-that-nobody-audits-overwhelms-the-linux-kernel/)\n\nI could not help but notice the wordings of Torvalds, as [uttered **in writing** this past Sunday](http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Linux_7_3_rc2.shtml). This is not the first time he expresses (apprehensively, his boss is the [Linux Foundation](/wiki/Linux_Foundation), bribed by the slop industry) **concerns about Linux slipping out of developers' control** only to become a bloated pig that [few people understand](/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/).\n\nLinux is becoming orphaned, devalued and diluted by GAFAM slop.\n\nI am a Linux advocate, not slop advocate. [█](#top)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-is-sabotaged-by-botspam-and-bloat-de-facto-denial-of-service-attack-in-in", "canonical_source": "https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/08/Linux_is_Sabotaged_by_Botspam_and_Bloat_de_Facto_Denial_of_Serv.shtml", "published_at": "2026-09-08 20:02:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 20:23:06.132154+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Linus Torvalds", "Linux Foundation", "Linux"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-is-sabotaged-by-botspam-and-bloat-de-facto-denial-of-service-attack-in-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-is-sabotaged-by-botspam-and-bloat-de-facto-denial-of-service-attack-in-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-is-sabotaged-by-botspam-and-bloat-de-facto-denial-of-service-attack-in-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-is-sabotaged-by-botspam-and-bloat-de-facto-denial-of-service-attack-in-in.jsonld"}}