he was right very often and “only” his tone was…unfiltered

Yeah, there’s a big difference between just insulting someone, or insulting someone based on clear arguments. AFAIK Torvalds always did the latter. Again, not saying that makes it OK though.

Looks at date… meh. We’ve been through this, OP. Many years ago. In great detail. Meaning, among other things, plenty of lazy outrage posting like this.

And Torvalds has my full respect for facing the music and coming out a better person. Not many people are able to admit they’ve been wrong about something, and even fewer are able to actually do something about it.

Still, without the old Torvalds we wouldn’t have memes like this one either.

he’s one of the few people I’ve read about who not only acknowledged that but also put effort into changing it - and succeeded.

💯

Not sure I’d have characterised him as an “absolute dipshit” even back then, though.

That is how I read it as well.

Also, Torvalds went through some serious soul-searching between then and now and really came out on top of it. My full respect.

lately Linus learned how to do it correctly without going on rants

Yep. This is from 2012 and we went through whatever OP is trying to do here sometime between then and maybe 5 years ago - in great detail. And Torvalds really came out on top of it.

My Nokia 701 also has Stereo:

And the sound isn’t too shabby either.

Maemo => Meego => Sailfish OS 👍

Nothing ever replaced the N900. And there’s a difference between a large corp developing a true Linux OS, as opposed to a tiny company. But still: it’s not dead.

Before Nokia was assimilated and digested by Microsoft, it open sourced the OS

Huh. Did not know.

Symbian’s swansong was the remarkable Nokia 808 PureView. The 808 and other late-model Symbian devices run Nokia Belle which was really quite nice.

I still have a device here that runs that version. A Nokia 701. With AngryBirds games on it. It had an extensive app store. And that wonderful tiny charger connector (but also takes a charge from USB micro).

there was that brief attempt at a revival by Planet Computers but it really didn’t stick

Oh, again I did not know that. I was interested in one of their later devices for a while, a keyboard phone running true Linux iirc.

Helped? As in, they’re not doing it anymore? Color me skeptical. But I’m going to read the article now.

edit: Ok it’s about the specific latest waves of videos justifying the attack on Iran. As if Israel hasn’t been engaging in Russian-style disinformation for decades. With the help of big G and others.

In clear breach of Google’s policies, these ads justify and lionize the attack as a necessary defense of Western civilization, and claim that Israel is carrying out “one of the largest humanitarian missions in the world” in Gaza.

That’s so diametrically opposed to the truth, it’s cynical. I hope Google gets what it deserves for allowing that. Not to speak of Israel.

“Iran’s ballistic missile program isn’t just a threat to Israel, it is a threat to Europe and the Western world,” another, seen by 1.5 million viewers in just three weeks, claims. “Iran is developing missiles with ranges of approximately 4000 km. That places Europe within the regime’s striking distance,” it adds, as graphics show virtually the entire continent turning blood red, signifying a nuclear attack. “This isn’t tomorrow’s threat. It is today’s reality. The threat posed by the Iranian regime must be stopped. Israel does what must be done.”

And this is so vastly exaggerated, it’s fearmongering. It’s “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction” all over again. And even if, why would they want to attack Europe? It makes no sense. We’re not the enemy.