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This starts to get old. This guy manages a 17 million line low level open source project with more than 1000 contributors each cycle and best thing people can d
by skriticos2 13y ago
This starts to get old. This guy manages a 17 million line low level open source project with more than 1000 contributors each cycle and best thing people can do is bicker about his inappropriate language use on some occasions (which get way more publicity than the usual workflow discussions).
I really wish we'd have a more progressive tone here than a tabloid.
- jlgreco 13y agoI suspect it is a popular topic because of all the things that Linus is involved with, his use of profanity requires the least amount of technical knowledge or credentials to talk about. If you want to talk about something Linus does, talking about swearing is the lowest hanging fruit by miles.
- wonderzombie 13y agoOf course, the mere existence of a more esoteric topic of conversation shouldn't preclude discussion of whatever social problems exist on the LKML. Just because social problems are, in theory, easier to understand doesn't mean they are easier to solve in practice.