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  • I’m relatively new to Linux and the FOSS scene, but I’m not sure how I feel about the unquestioning devotion to a single person. It seems antithetical to the entire philosophy.

    Even if he was maybe right this time…

    The dude did a complete 180 as soon as they heard from Linus, like daddy made his decision, and it’s final, or some shit…

    Edit: To be clear, I understand why developers respect and listen to Linus… I just think there are fundamental issues with this kind of top-down management of such a colossal project, and the desire to defer to one person seems antithetical to the FOSS philosophy.