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    Common Torvalds W (gregtech.eu)
    submitted 1 month ago by lena@gregtech.eu to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    My impression is that Torvalds is actually a really nice guy he's just very very honest?

    [–] QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    He has told people that they should kill themself. I'm not trying to throw a shade on him but that's the unfortunate truth.

    [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Context matters

    Its a very blunt statement but also the way certain people talk. I honestly don't think Torvalds wants the entire opensuse team tomkill themselves

    He didn't say "hey, go kill yourself".

    He said that if you're a dev and think its normal to require root password for changing time or connecting to a network, then please kill yourself.

    It's more than anything an expression of frustration in which I recognize myself. I have to deal with a provider from which I won't be able to leave for at least another year, which is extremely expensive and extremely incompetent, causing me literally days of work and I have wished in more than one occasion that they would all die in a fire because it's all incompetent managers who don't do the work they cause all the shit.

    When he talks to someone directly, he'll know, right, Mauro?

    [–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Context doesn't matter because ultimately it's directed at somebody and telling them to kill themselves. I don't think he actually wanted that to happen, but he said it. It doesn't make him a villain, but it's something that shouldn't happen.

    [–] throwback3090@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

    Why? Are you concerned that the date/time widget author is going to kill themselves? Or do you just not like the concept and don't think people should talk about it? Something else?

    One of those options is unlikely and the other is just a taboo.