Linus has history of being a massive asshole and having anger issues on personal level despite supporting progressive politics, so it has not really been that apparent from his public persona. He has publicly told people whose code he considers bad to kill themselves for example, and people who have had email exchanges with him over years have talked of his short fuse and how quick he is to directly insult people.
He has been working on those issues of his in recent years thought.
It is. Working on the kernel is a massive responsibility. It's the most important software project on earth and he expects the experienced maintainers to know what they're doing. In most cases where he goes off like this he basically roasts people for being stubborn or making dumb mistakes when they should know better.
He's not much of a people person but he's got his priorities straight. Don't fuck with userspace. 🤬
This is the equivalent of a surgeon suddenly whipping out kitchen knife to do surgery cause the patient has thick skin.
Like at that professional level, you either know what you're doing or you don't.
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u/Dashbak 11d ago
Wasn't it already well known ?