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I think it's awesome how focused someone who works on the very lowest level of the OS remains so focused on users, and their experience.

Seeing the forest instead of the trees is a common trait of successful people.

You might also enjoy this "USE KDE!" rant from a bunch of years back.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/12/13/1340215/Torvalds-Say...

I wonder what he thinks 5 years later? It seems like Gnome is the default on most distros. Are the attitudes he describes still influencing Gnome?

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/01/24/1842218/Linus-Switch...

Linus is a patch shepherd. It's his job to see the bigger picture.

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