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Matthew Garrett Forks the Linux Kernel
jones_supa writes: Just like Sarah Sharp, Linux developer Matthew Garrett has gotten fed up with the unprofessional development culture surrounding the kernel. "I remember having to deal with interminable arguments over the naming of an interface because Linus has an undying hatred of BSD securelevel, or having my name forever associated with the deepthroating of Microsoft because Linus couldn't be bothered asking questions about the reasoning behind a design before trashing it," Garrett writes. He has chosen to go his own way, and has forked the Linux kernel and added patches that implement a BSD-style securelevel interface. Over time it is expected to pick up some of the power management code that Garrett is working on, and we shall see where it goes from there.
I don't actually mean to sound snide but can someone explain to me why I should care about this as an end user?
It will include a feature to add trigger warnings to the OS and will include the ability to detect if you've committed a microagression and chastise you.
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Linux Thorvalds has a huge ego. It's about time someone beat the crap out of his fat ass and brought him back down to Earth.
The language being used in that post you linked is outrageous, highly unprofessional, and totally unacceptable. Those words were written by Linus Torvalds? He needs help. He needs to undertake serious counseling or else stop interacting with people. No employee and in fact no human being should ever have to be exposed to comments like that. The language he uses is indicative of very serious flaws in his personality. He seriously needs to undertake counseling for the sake of every human being he interacts with, who is exposed to him.