Video download link | md5sum 39c71c961410d5ff77c6d2e547b01df4 Lennart Poettering versus backward compatibility or API stability Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0



Summary: Recently-uploaded ELCE 2011 clip shows a panel with Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox, Thomas Gleixner, Paul McKenney, and Lennart Poettering (relevant to novelty or perceived novelty [1, 2] that mostly degrades the experience of longtime users, e.g. Wayland and systemd)

Notice how, some time along the way, Torvalds violates the Linux Foundation's Code of Conduct by using a "bad" word (in the above clip I actually find Lennart Poettering to be more provocative, rude, even trollish; words are just "style" and one can 'politely' abuse people). Torvalds would not risk this again (he hasn't for years); bad for the health, so to speak...



Yes, he used to look a lot healthier before being sent to "manners" therapy for merely governing his own project (as he had very successfully done for nearly 30 years).

Notice how Torvalds cautions about certain features becoming a security baggage/liability -- to the point of necessitating painful removal. In recent years a lot of what the corporate media calls "Linux" holes are in fact critical bugs in systemd. In the video, which is timeless, one can see who's being rude.