From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 12/15/2025 6:44 PM, FreeNews wrote:   
   > On 15/12/2025 17:20, Graham J wrote:   
   >> Can anybody here recommend the best newsgroup   
   >   
   > Is this a joke? There's no such thing as 'the best'. Trolls are   
   > everywhere, and Linux users are the worst! Just look at Linus Torvalds!    
   > He's the rudest person you could meet. Instead of promoting Linux, he's    
   > actually doing the opposite by discouraging people from questioning his   
   > authority. He is getting old but he won't allow young people to work   
   > with him so that they can takeover one day.   
   >   
   > The best way to learn is to use something first-hand. You learn by   
   > making mistakes so that you don't make them again. How do you think   
   > children learn new things? They just try things out and see what happens.   
      
   You're forgetting, sir, that lax security allowed imposters   
   to insert themselves into kernel.org and attempt supply   
   chain attacks. One university got a permaban for their   
   hijinks (no one claiming an association with the university   
   can submit code, a punishment for fucking around and finding out).   
      
   With good reason, Linus has to be on his toes, and   
   keep his trusted associates by his side. You cannot   
   allow asshats in the inner circle, without consequences.   
   (The walls around kernel.org have to be pretty high,   
   and the number of participants for drivers, is large.)   
   If that requires a middle-finger once in a while,   
   then apply that finger.   
      
   Code is rigorously reviewed, for hardening issues.   
   If you can't take feedback, you shouldn't be doing   
   that job. Linus would claim he has a thick skin, and   
   it is the nature of the business that everyone has   
   to have a thick skin when it comes to receiving feedback.   
   For example, if I wasted someones time by creating a   
   new package called HelloWorld with three lines of code,   
   I would fully expect to receive a blast on multiple   
   levels in return. They don't like trolls in FOSS-land either.   
      
   If you're an asshat of a FOSS developer, go work   
   on yet-another File Manager or something. Or a new   
   version of Listdir. Attempt your supply chain attack   
   there, and annoy a whole different group of people.   
   There are some pretty attentive packaging people,   
   who will cut you off at the knees when you try your shit.   
      
   It's a professional environment. Wear clean underwear.   
      
      Paul   
      
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