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Linus Torvalds Ranting and Intel Layoffs Impact Maintainers
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer 'garbage' and says it 'makes the world actively a worse place to live' — Linux honcho puts dev on notice for late submissions, too
The comment from Torvalds wasn't just bile. He went on to give some examples of where the RISC-V pull request went astray. But even in this mostly reasoned response, Torvalds couldn’t resist adding a few more barbs.
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The Register UK ☛ Torvalds blasts tardy kernel dev: Your 'garbage' RISC-V patches are 'making the world worse'
Linux head honcho Linus Torvalds has put a kernel developer "on notice" for waiting until the eleventh hour to supply a patch set for Linux on RISC-V systems which "makes the world actively a worse place to live" – in a scathing missive harkening back to his invective-laden tirades of old.
Torvalds' brusque attitude was perhaps most well demonstrated in a 2012 interview in which harsh yet arguably deserved invective was thrust, alongside a middle finger, at graphics giant turned AI cash-cow Nvidia.
Yet this was relatively mild compared to how he reacted to Intel's Spectre patch. His aggressive responses are known to have chased people out of kernel development, and in 2018 Torvalds issued an apology for "flippant attacks" which "have been both unprofessional and uncalled for."
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Major Intel Linux driver projects are dying due to Intel layoffs and corporate restructuring — compatibility and reliability issues could increase over time
Intel is continuing to lay off more Linux maintainers due to corporate restructuring within the company. Phoronix reports that at least four more Intel Linux maintainers have left the company, leaving some of the Linux drivers they worked on without support.