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Linus Torvalds Destroys a Linux Kernel Maintainer on the Official Mailing List

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 31, 2012


From what we’ve seen so far, Linux Torvalds is a fair and easy going guy, but he is not afraid to say what he thinks. Nvidia has experienced the uncensored wrath of Linus.

One of the Linux kernel maintainers, Mauro Carvalho Chehab, has pushed a patch that broke the functionality of PulseAudio and then blamed the software. Linus Torvalds intervened and explained in furious manner why it’s always the kernels fault.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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