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ITT: people upset claiming Torvalds is political getting all political on a post about kernel improvements.

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I'm OOTL. Why are people upset with Torvalds?

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 19 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

He followed legal advice from lawyers and removed some russians from being kernel maintainers to comply with sanctions.

[-] peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

People are more mad about how he did it rather than just the action he took. If he just explained why without being a prick nobody would care.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 minutes ago

We have to face is Linus might be good intentionned but his years on the internet have made him an remorseless abrasive juvenile dickhead. I wish he'd lampshade it because most of the tine he comes off as just a nasty arogant goblin. It's clear he feels permitted for his accomplishment and hard work to take his frustrations on others and it's clear he knows it's really not fucking helping but it seems he simply can't help himself. Like being nice is a sign of weakness.

[-] Lobreeze@lemmy.world 0 points 50 minutes ago
[-] peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 minutes ago

What is the point of this comment? Linus was childish as hell in the email chain and started a bunch of drama for literally no reason. I'm not mad as much as I am embarrassed to be a part of the Linux community when things like this happen.

[-] Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Only those with ties to Russian Government? like govt jobs etc? or all?

[-] argarath@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

He took the authorization for a bunch of Russians from being able to keep working on the Linux stuff. I'm def not remembering everything and I'd suggest you searching any news about it, it's an interesting read

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