[jiggy2011]

It's funny because it's sort of true. When me and my nerdy friends at school got internet access and we realised that we could install entire new operating systems on our computers there began a kind of arms race as to who could install the most obscure stuff.

I think we started at Redhat and ended up at NetBSD going via Slackware , Debian, OS/2 Warp and BeOS.

Of course we ended up having to reformat our computers every time we wanted to play Half life.

[zootm]

Tagged "satire" in case that isn't clear (I certainly missed it at first).

[mrich → zootm]

Well played, I was only wondering a bit at the DHH reference since I cannot imagine Linus caring about web frameworks much.

[ravloony → zootm]

Thanks, I was wondering whether Linus shouldn't get help for depression or something. Well played on the part of the OP.

[marcamillion → zootm]

I never noticed that at first. That's a bit annoying, because it seems like it could be legit.

[chadnickbok]

This blog post is bad. And you should feel bad.

[crazydiamond]

> I have a text editor I’ve been using myself that is so complicated it makes VIM look like Notepad — maybe I’ll release that.

Lol, Linus uses micro-emacs. I like how the post seems serious to begin with, and then you realize it's made up.