I grew up thinking extremely highly of Linus— my first commit to the Gnome project was in the early 2000s at the age of 15 (and it was far from perfect, but the

I grew up thinking extremely highly of Linus— my first commit to the Gnome project was in the early 2000s at the age of 15 (and it was far from perfect, but the project maintainers were extremely kind and showed me how to become a better open source hacker), and it definitely wouldn't have happened without Linus' influence as a developer. The recent events are disappointing. It's always sad when you realize that your childhood heroes, no matter how big their accomplishments, can be stupid mean human beings just as much as anyone else.