Post #2872664
2026-05-19 07:38 UTC
Linus always praises email. He does no social media and most of his internet usage is just email is what I gather from his conversations and interviews.
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@CameronDev@programming.dev 2026-05-19 08:22
There are a few thousand other developers, any one of them could start working on a replacement if it bothered them enough. Granted, a lot of them will be grey beards who are happy with mailing lists, but still, the overall friction hasn’t pushed them far enough over the edge to replace it.
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@Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-19 12:14
Linus is also basically the most nerdy luddite to have ever existed. His opinions on a LOT of tech past the 90s is highly suspect. Its both a upside and a downside. Its part of the reason the Linux kernel is so reliable. But it’s also been a repeating source of issues around him over the years to various degrees.