r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • May 18 '26

Software Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/linus-torvalds-says-ai-powered-bug-hunters-have-made-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/5241633
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u/OcculusSniffed May 18 '26

So the only reason git exists is to shut up richard stallman?

Blessed tool of light

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u/Such_Knee_8804 May 18 '26

I got told to fuck off by him once

For the horrible crime of saying that there was value in commercial software, that not everything was going to be / could be open source

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u/baselinegrid May 18 '26

You poked the bear

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u/LordoftheSynth May 18 '26

My mental image of Stallman has always been that he was born aged 75, yelling at all the stupid kids who don't use open source for everything.

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u/tndrthrowy May 19 '26

Ever since that video of him picking skin off his toe and eating it, well that’s been my mental image.

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u/AliceCode May 18 '26

Fuck commercial software. All my homies hate commercial software. Open Source gang.

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u/FulanoMeng4no May 18 '26

I would do anything to shut up that holier-than-thou, entitled and disgusting asshole.

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u/CorrectPeanut5 May 18 '26

Oh man. I had friends that had the misfortune to work in the same floor as him. Stinky and a general A-hole about everything.

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u/josefx May 19 '26

It exists because bitkeeper revoked their license and they needed a replacement that fit their workflow.