I highly recommend watching the TED Talk that Torvalds presented. You get a much clearer idea what he means by "not a people person". https://www.ted.com/talk

I highly recommend watching the TED Talk that Torvalds presented. You get a much clearer idea what he means by "not a people person". https://www.ted.com/talks/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux https://www.ted.com/talks/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_lin... This talk is also back in 2016, and even then, he talks about not being proud of the way that he reacts to people sometimes. So, while his recent announcement may come as a surprise to some, it's something he appears to have been giving a good deal of thought for a while now.