Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance and Windows compatibility

Re:Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance an... by maccard on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @06:56PM (#43488431)

I disagree - the harshness here is personal insults and passive-aggressiveness. That's uncalled for and definitely "toxic".

It's very possible to be assertive and shut down unconstructive discussions, as Linus has repeatedly shown. Here [0] is a great example of Linus being firm, assertive, calling someone out on their shit.

[0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/20/2066

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Re:Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance an... by jchw on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @09:32PM (#43489526)

I really regret the proliferation of terms like "toxic" to describe things as benign as this. I think it's literally recoloring people's perception of what bad communication actually looks like.

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Re:Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance an... by maccard on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:31AM (#43491751)

You brought the word up, not me. The tiles are simple - avoid character attacks, and don’t be passive aggressive. Be direct and firm.

Otherwise people will go off topic and take whatever meaning they want (like I did with Linus’) comment and you did the same with the word toxic, which you introduced

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Re:Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance an... by jchw on Thursday March 27, 2025 @01:38PM (#43495929)

I am okay with using it to describe things as "toxic" when they are, but there's a reason I still used scare quotes.

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