> So, you "have better things to do with my free time" but the people doing Linux kernel work should implement novel things for your amusement?
Why should it be for my amusement?! I was only stating a fact.
> (As for "coding before Linus could even think about doing Linux", should we be impressed by the timespan alone? Tons of dabblers and mediocrities have also done that).
No, it just means I use GNU/Linux like any other OS and I don't care about OS religious wars.
I use OS X. Could not care less about Linux except on a server. Have started with Sun OS and HPUX back in the day.
>Everyone needs to be a kernel developer, a XWindows developer, a GNOME developer, a KDE developer, ... or just shut up.
Pretty much sums it.
>And even when something is done that goes out of the usual copying existing ideas, there is the uphill battle to get it eventually integrated and accepted, if ever.
And why would it be "integrated and accepted" if the people don't like it? Because it's "novel" and "out of the usual"? I'd say, "we actually want it in our kernel" is a far more compelling argument than "It's novel".
>I have been coding before Linus could even think about doing Linux, and have better things to do with my free time.
So, you "have better things to do with my free time" but the people doing Linux kernel work should implement novel things for your amusement? How exactly do you justify that?
(As for "coding before Linus could even think about doing Linux", should we be impressed by the timespan alone? Tons of dabblers and mediocrities have also done that).