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"Not just some "vacuous" "non-technie" users either (as the stereotype says)." Actually, Linus comes off to me as particularly non-techie. He obviously cares a
by tjoff 8y ago
"Not just some "vacuous" "non-technie" users either (as the stereotype says)."
Actually, Linus comes off to me as particularly non-techie. He obviously cares about it enough to get the work done but couldn't care about it more than that. Not even the OS (outside of the kernel) is of any interest to him (dissing debian because he thinks the installer is too cumbersome etc.).
Compare the MacBook Air with the lenovo x-series at the time and it's quite hard to see what the air actually brought to the market except for first in class non-replaceable batteries and few external ports.
You've always been able to get silent computers, but Linus doesn't have the interest to research them.
Nothing wrong with that, but very "non-techie".
- vaelin 8y agoHow absurdly elitist do you need to be to describe the creator of Linux as "particularly non-techie"
- tjoff 8y agoIf you read my post you'd know my reasoning for it. Care to comment on that?
- coldtea 8y ago>Actually, Linus comes off to me as particularly non-techie. He obviously cares about it enough to get the work done but couldn't care about it more than that. Non tinkerer is not the same as non-techie. In fact I'd call tinkerers the par-excellence non-techies. They don't do anything technologically productive (much less write their own kernel), they just play with tech toys.
- tjoff 8y agoMaybe my definition is off but I feel interest is a requirement for techie. A tinkerer often satisfies that but it is not a requirement no. Productiveness is orthogonal in my eyes.