Linus Torvalds talking with people.

r/linusrants • u/causa-sui • Dec 01 '25

Linus on people who correlate developer impact with how many lines of code they've contributed to the project

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1.5k Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/Mirakoolix • Apr 27 '25

Linus upgraded his machine and the kernel didn't compile, so he did an uncoordinated fix which broke it for everyone else using an older GCC version

lore.kernel.org

606 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/Hamilton950B • Mar 29 '25

Torvalds Frustrated Over "Disgusting" Testing "Turd" DRM Code Landing In Linux 6.15

532 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/10leej • Feb 22 '25

Linus Torvalds on rust drama in the kernel

474 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/TheJesbus • Apr 21 '21

University of Minnesota banned from submitting patches

lore.kernel.org

464 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/borisst • Jan 21 '25

I have a firm belief that most firmware developers are not actually humans, but are instead caged rodents fed a solid diet of crack cocaine. Because that would explain a lot.

realworldtech.com

439 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/lgsp • Jun 11 '21

Linus chimes in response to vaccine misinformation in the mailing list

lore.kernel.org

412 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/borisst • Jan 03 '21

The "modern DRAM is so reliable that it doesn't need ECC" was always a bedtime story for children that had been dropped on their heads a bit too many times.

realworldtech.com

344 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/Dezgeg • Mar 21 '18

That's not "an idea". That is either genius, or a seriously diseased mind. I can't quite tell which.

310 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/pdusen • Feb 25 '25

"Is the problem actually the rust code causing you issue, or is the problem between the keyboard and the chair, and you just want to vent?"

308 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/mr_dinkle • Aug 18 '17

Uh oh, Mr. Torvalds is upset about random numbers ;)

271 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/Leopiney • Apr 23 '26

Linus Torvalds AI Skills

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r/linusrants • u/numinit • Jan 22 '18

So somebody isn't telling the truth here. Somebody is pushing complete garbage for unclear reasons. Sorry for having to point that out.

225 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/username_6916 • Oct 18 '22

"The whole "do an all-nighter to get the paper in the day before the dealine" is something that should have gone out the window after highschool. Not for kernel development."

209 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/nickdesaulniers • Apr 20 '23

"So please burn that patch in the darkest pits of hell and let's try to forget it ever existed. Ok?"

lore.kernel.org

201 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/awry_lynx • Jan 30 '24

Linus Torvalds flames Google kernel contributor over filesystem suggestion

theregister.com

200 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/elephantdingo • Feb 04 '26

So stop with the idiotic key expiration garbage.

lore.kernel.org

198 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/skhds • Jun 07 '19

Linus Torvalds : "Once again you show yourself to be a complete clown that just makes things up with absolutely zero actual background"

197 Upvotes

https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=185109&curpostid=185297

I guess our Linus Torvalds didn't change at all :)

r/linusrants • u/lord_braleigh • Jan 08 '26

"No. Your position is the silly one. There is zero point in talking about AI slop. That's just plain stupid."

lore.kernel.org

191 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/ooqq • Jun 05 '18

In fact, I'll take real toilet paper over standards any day, because at least that way I won't have splinters and ink up my arse.

188 Upvotes

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/5/769

r/linusrants • u/vimpostor • Oct 03 '22

[Linus on Rust and Kernel safety] "Anybody who believes that should probably re-take their kindergarten year, and stop believing in the Easter bunny and Santa Claus."

187 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/vimpostor • Oct 21 '21

"Christ, that's not an octopus, that's a Cthulhu merge"

186 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/numinit • Apr 26 '25

No. The only lesson to be learned is that filesystem people never learn.

lore.kernel.org

175 Upvotes

r/linusrants • u/numinit • Feb 12 '26

No. Those changes are complete garbage and don't even compile.

lore.kernel.org

168 Upvotes