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Linus' thread: (CW: bigotry and racism in the comments) https://social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXomDbvdxKgOxVAm (you need to scroll down, i can't seem to link to the comment in the screenshot)

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[–] Jaximus@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Hahahahahaha this is great

[–] LolaCat@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

Common Linus W.

[–] CARC0SA@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So everyone here that states "Linux isn't political, Linus is" will certainly agree that lemmy isn't political, the developers are.

Right?

RIGHT??

[–] charles@lemmy.computer.surgery 17 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Honestly I don't understand this kind of argument. Linux is political: compare it to its alternatives, look at the license it's released under, and so on. Lemmy is the same way. Lemmy even has a section in the manual about how it's fundamentally political: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/07-history-of-lemmy.html

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[–] Devgard@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

lol i read gun regulation as pro-gun.

glad to be proven wrong :)

[–] luckless@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

This is really nice to see, glad he's taking a vocal stance as opposed to ignoring everything.

[–] paaviloinen@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] mstrbtr@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

@juergen I don't think he implied that he actually is a communist though lol

[–] Themightypooper@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

After being disappointed by Steve, Linus lifted my spirits.

[–] MRNAIH@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago
[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 9 points 1 year ago

Linus apitting facts

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