Ngezikhathi ezithile, Abathuthukisi be-Linux kernel mpikiswano noma hlangana ukuxoxa ngezihloko ezithile. Imvamisa amanye ama-NOC asetshenziselwa ukuhlangana ubuso nobuso, kepha ama-LKML adumile asetshenziselwa ukuxoxa ngeminye imininingwane efana nale.
Kulomcimbi kudingidwe isihloko esithile, kanti kunjalo umkhawulo wobude bemigqa yombhalo ku-kernel ye-Linux. Kunabantu abathanda imigqa isikhashana ukuze bangachithi indawo ebheke phezulu, nabanye abathanda imigqa emifushane ukuze bangahlali ebanzi kakhulu. Kuyindaba yokunambitha noma cishe yobuhle.
Abanye bacabanga ukuthi abaqaphi kanye nezinqumo zesikrini sezinkulu kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje ukuthi imigqa emide kakhulu kufanele ivunyelwe ukuthi ibhalwe kumafayili ekhodi ye-kernel. Eqinisweni, omunye wabathuthukisi ogama lakhe lingu-Alastair D'Silva uphakathi kwalabo abacabanga kanjalo, futhi wathumela isiqeshana esivumela ubude be Umugqa we-64-byte esikhundleni samabhayithi wamanje ayi-16 noma angama-32.
Abanye njengoba UPetr Mladek akazange akuthande lokhu, ngoba ecabanga ukuthi ama-byte angama-64 asho ukuba nezinhlamvu ezingaphezu kuka-256 kulayini ngamunye, futhi uyangabaza ukuthi noma yimuphi umuntu angakuthola kulula ukufunda umugqa omude kangaka ngendlela elula, nokuthi futhi isinqumo sesikrini esidingekayo ukulungisa lolo hlobo lwe imigqa kufanele ibe ngaphezulu kune-HD ejwayelekile, nokuthi mhlawumbe bekukhona abathuthukisi abanokubonisa kwanamuhla kulezo zinqumo
Kubukeka ngathi mancane amathuba okuthi lokho isichibi esibhalwe ngu-Alastair yafakwa ngokusemthethweni ku-Linux kernel. Ngaphezu kwalokho, siyazi ukuthi iLinus Torvalds iqine kakhulu ngokungabathandi abanye abathuthukisi kunabanye futhi iqiniseke ukuthi onjiniyela bangasebenza ngisho nangemishini ethobekile, i-hardware yakudala nezindleko eziphansi. Eqinisweni, ubude bemigqa akuyona into entsha, beyivele imboziwe esikhathini esedlule. ULinus uqobo wakhuluma ngobude lapho exoxa ngokusuka ezinhlamvini ezingama-80 kuye kwezingu-100, wakhetha ukugcina ama-80 ngaleso sikhathi (eminyakeni engu-7 edlule).