I think the more important question is what comes after Linus Torvalds, meaning Linux after he kicks the bucket. You know it'll become a SJW shitfest.
What comes after GNU/Linux?
What comes after linus dies is porting kernel modules to openbsd or REDOX OS. Redox is more secure yes seriously because of eliminating most classes of vulnerabilities via rust. But redox uses rust which is already a SJW shithole even though the language itself is useful. OpenBSD is slightly less secure and also has some SJW influence but not as badly as the rust language. But openbsd has intel agencies on all sides trying to eliminate it and its developers from existence along with using the C language and carrying the baggage of POSIX compatibility. But it just werkz with most linux programs after a small amount of porting meaning a huge catalog of FOSS programs and wine/windows programs. But again, either of these options are dependent on writing/porting drivers from sctratch/linux so your hardware works with said kernels.
nice trips m8
xen is funded by Intel-aviv, so that's out. sel4 is still obscure as fuck and has a ways to go, but it's probably the future. saging since this thread is about to become a category 5 shit hurricane of pajeets and systemd niggers.
Linus Torvalds doesn't do much programming for Linux, it's mostly code study for approval into Linux and setting the direction of Linux. His top developers know his style and know how he does things in LKML.
GNU will not stop being GNU. It will continue as long as there are developers willing to invest into it.
GNU is subverted by redhat who, in the future, could at a moments notice can change the liscense on almost all GNU GPL2 programs to another licsense for future versions that is not libre.
This means nothing when those programmers are paid by jewgle and TLA's to do their bidding. Linus is a gatekeeper of codequality/backdoor removal. Take him out of the equation and the kernel is ripe for subversion and backdoors to pass through with no one saying a word or losing their jobs/lives as the cost.
this. the future does not look good for Linux or GNU.
by the time major vulnerabilities are found and made public (which on average is about 5-10 years after they were introduced) glowindarks have already got their money's worth.
Probably OpenBSD/NetBSD or MINIX
ReactOS, Haiku, BSD, RedoxOS