It all started because he was shitting on the NY Times for being an ad-ridden mess where you have to call a human in order to cancel your subscription. Someone called NY Times woke communist propaganda and Linus went nerd rage on them.

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  • gueybana [any]
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    1 month ago

    I just learned Linus torvalds has the correct political opinions

    So this motherfucker might be the most remarkable man on the planet

    • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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      1 month ago

      I love that man. I dread the day he steps down, and I dearly hope whoever he appoints as his successor is as good as he is.

      • Roonerino [they/them]
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        1 month ago

        I don't have a great understanding of the whole GNU/Linux ecosystem but in spite of how huge it has become it also seems like the whole thing depends on Linus a lot more than is ideal for something of this scale.

        • hello_hello [comrade/them]M
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          1 month ago

          The whole thing doesn't depend on him it's just that he's the benevolent dictator for life (BDFL) of the Linux kernel and everyone pulls from his git tree. Linus just reviews and approves patchsets sent to the kernel to his tree and people trust his judgement.

          There should really be corresponding kernels besides Linux but so much of the development and hardware bring up is focused on the Linux kernel.

          • Roonerino [they/them]
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            1 month ago

            Oh okay, I was under the impression he was still doing most of the active programming work on the kernel himself.

            • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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              1 month ago

              I was under the impression he was still doing most of the active programming work on the kernel himself

              this hasn't been the case in two or three decades

              • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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                1 month ago

                This is true. But he's still a good programmer, he does understand the code that he's approving or rejecting. He's not some techbro jagoff.

                • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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                  1 month ago

                  Sure I wasn't saying otherwise, it's just that the triumph of Linux is in its community, not Linus. It's never been just him, which is the sentiment that produced the RMS soundclip meme of 'GNU-slash-linux'.

    • Dessa [she/her]
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      1 month ago

      With this comment, I can finally forgive him for Git