Going my own way

[mjg59]

Reaction to Sarah's post about leaving the kernel community was a mixture of terrible and touching, but it's still one of those things that almost certainly won't end up making any kind of significant difference. Linus has made it pretty clear that he's fine with the way he behaves, and nobody's going to depose him. That's unfortunate, because earlier today I was sitting in a presentation at Linuxcon and remembering how much I love the technical side of kernel development. "Remembering" is a deliberate choice of word - it's been increasingly difficult to remember that, because instead I remember having to deal with interminable arguments over the naming of an interface because Linus has an undying hatred of BSD securelevel, or having my name forever associated with the deepthroating of Microsoft because Linus couldn't be bothered asking questions about the reasoning behind a design before trashing it.

In the end it's a mixture of just being tired of dealing with the crap associated with Linux development and realising that by continuing to put up with it I'm tacitly encouraging its continuation, but I can't be bothered any more. And, thanks to the magic of free software, it turns out that I can avoid putting up with the bullshit in the kernel community and get to work on the things I'm interested in doing. So here's a kernel tree with patches that implement a BSD-style securelevel interface. Over time it'll pick up some of the power management code I'm still working on, and we'll see where it goes from there. But, until there's a significant shift in community norms on LKML, I'll only be there when I'm being paid to be there. And that's improved my mood immeasurably.

(Edited to add a context link for the "deepthroating of Microsoft" reference)

Comments

Why you guys cry so mutch about that?

[(Anonymous)]

I wish you guys get a job at some corporate shit company and then you will miss your technical (even if BS) discussions at the LKML.

Sorry, but I hate when my kernel is PE EXE and I think TPM/secure boot is snake oil.

[(Anonymous)]

I really hate when my kernel is PE EXE. Why the fuck my kernel have to be in Microsoft format, coming with MORON DOS STUB crap? This is retarded. Then, TPM stuff seems to be overcomplicated and we are forced to trust some chips doing crypto. Without ability to check their firmware. Are there opensource TPM implementations at all? Then, from what I can see, secure boot rather used to revoke rights of users to change boot loader, OS and somesuch. And then you never know who posesses the key and can't count on security. There is ME stuff in Intel machines which makes it even worse. Whatever, but Torvalds haves a good reason to hate all that. RH does deep throating for MS, that's for sure. If you dislike it... ok, sorry, but when my kernel is PE EXE with retarded DOS STUB, it is time to admit obvious things about contests and dicks. Using microsoft retarded formats IS a deep throating, whatever. Linux is strong enough to have its own path, rather than be just a mere wintel footpad/follower.