We don't merge kernel code just because user space was written by a retarded monkey on crack. - Linus Torvalds

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One of the things, none of the distributions have ever done right is application packaging [...] making binaries for linux desktop applications is a major fucking pain in the ass.

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Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.

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It's memorial day tomorrow here in the US, but like the USPS, "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" - nor memorial day - stops the merge window.

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