Poettering is perhaps an asshole, but Torvalds reputation for being so is overhyped to put it mildly. Never mind that they have faced off (sort of) on camera a

Poettering is perhaps an asshole, but Torvalds reputation for being so is overhyped to put it mildly. Never mind that they have faced off (sort of) on camera at least once, with Poettering basically missing the point again and again that not just Torvalds but also other long term kernel devs on the stage was raising.