Linus Torvalds approved the replacement of some terms in Linux code with neutral names

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[–]GarlandKey 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I posted this on /r/linux but it was removed. I'll be trying this site out after 10 years of using reddit. I just can't anymore:

Next I guess the security community should get rid of the terms black hat and white hat. Red Hat should change their name too since it could be insensitive to Native Americans. Code Pink should change their name as it promotes gender conformity.

Those of you wasting time supporting this are virtue signaling. You're not doing anything positive by policing language. The U.S. is falling apart but pat yourselves on the back because you did something that makes you feel morally superior.

Use that energy to do something difficult. Use that energy to solve problems that cause real world misery and suffering. This ain't it.

[–]m68k 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

While this will not affect the kernel, still stupid to cater to the Twitter twits.

[–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I fucking hate this stuff too. Not really anything more constructive to say at the moment. Just that you are not alone.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hope the kernel will be forked with the changes reversed. We have to draw a line somewhere.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Torvalds daughter is a SJW fanatic that has been instrumental in bringing PC crap to Linux...would not surprise me if the wife is also tugging on his shorthairs behind the scenes.