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Right, the Linux community is very forgiving of noobs. [1] [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-5659970 https://github.com/torvalds/linux

• zaius 14y ago
  Linus is a dick. Theo is a dick. No argument from anyone there. That's the Linux kernel though, and I would argue that has the same problem of scaring off potential devs. It's the wider community I'm talking about. Mailing lists, forums, etc. It is a pain in the ass to entertain dumb questions and give the same answers over and over, but it's how you turn noobs into developers.
• aristidb 14y ago
  Not accepting Github pull requests because they're not up to Kernel standards is not exactly proof of unforgivingness.
• senko 14y ago
  The comment you refer to isn't to the (noob) pull request author (Roman), it's to a troll (Joseph) that has since deleted his comments.