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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/argv_minus_one/statuses/117186894981171095">ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 31-Aug-2026 15:02:15 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one" title="argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/280229-original-tmp20240905230214.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="ARGVMI~1.PIF" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">ARGVMI~1.PIF</a><div><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc/117186747260854261" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/162315" title="flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange">AN/CRM-114</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/174285" title="ryanc@infosec.exchange">Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc">@ryanc</a> </p><p>What the hell did he ever do to piss off this many people, anyway?</p><p>The controversies listed on Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering#Controversies" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering#Controversies</a> don't seem all that bad.</p><p>I guess people get totalitarian vibes from his comments about making Linux more streamlined and opinionated? <a href="https://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943" rel="nofollow">https://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943</a> There are some pretty hard limits on how far that can be pushed, though, seeing as how Linux is used in everything from mainframes to microcontrollers. Flexibility isn't optional.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc">@mcc</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/@flyingsaceur">@flyingsaceur</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6659150#notice-13107912">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-08-31T15:02:15+09:00" title="Monday, 31-Aug-2026 15:02:15 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one/117186894981171095" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.sdf.org via ActivityPub">mastodon.sdf.org</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one/117186894981171095">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering#Controversies">Lennart Poettering</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Lennart Poettering (born 15 October 1980) is a German software engineer and the original author of PulseAudio, Avahi and systemd.Life and careerPoettering was born in Guatemala City but grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Hamburg, Germany. Poettering worked for Red Hat from 2008 to 2022. He then joined Microsoft. In 2026, Poettering left Microsoft to cofound Amutable, a company focused on integrity verification for Linux systems.
Since 2003, Poettering has worked on more than 40 projects, mostly written in C. He is the developer and maintainer of several free software projects which have been widely adopted by Linux distributions, including PulseAudio sound server (2004), Avahi zeroconf implementation (2005), and systemd init system (2010).ControversiesPoettering is known for having controversial technical and architectural positions regarding the Linux ecosystem.
His style has brought accusations that he is working against long-standing Unix philosophy, which he addressed in his blog...</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: img.linuxfr.org</div><h5><a href="https://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943">Original version - LinuxFr.org</a></h5><div></div></header><div>L’actualité du logiciel libre et des sujets voisins (DIY, Open Hardware, Open Data, les Communs, etc.), sur un site francophone contributif géré par une équipe bénévole par et pour des libristes enthousiastes</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 31-Aug-2026 15:02:15 JSTARGVMI~1.PIF
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What the hell did he ever do to piss off this many people, anyway?
The controversies listed on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering#Controversies don't seem all that bad.
I guess people get totalitarian vibes from his comments about making Linux more streamlined and opinionated? https://linuxfr.org/nodes/86687/comments/1249943 There are some pretty hard limits on how far that can be pushed, though, seeing as how Linux is used in everything from mainframes to microcontrollers. Flexibility isn't optional.
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  Lennart Poettering (born 15 October 1980) is a German software engineer and the original author of PulseAudio, Avahi and systemd. Life and career Poettering was born in Guatemala City but grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Hamburg, Germany. Poettering worked for Red Hat from 2008 to 2022. He then joined Microsoft. In 2026, Poettering left Microsoft to cofound Amutable, a company focused on integrity verification for Linux systems. Since 2003, Poettering has worked on more than 40 projects, mostly written in C. He is the developer and maintainer of several free software projects which have been widely adopted by Linux distributions, including PulseAudio sound server (2004), Avahi zeroconf implementation (2005), and systemd init system (2010). Controversies Poettering is known for having controversial technical and architectural positions regarding the Linux ecosystem. His style has brought accusations that he is working against long-standing Unix philosophy, which he addressed in his blog...
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  L’actualité du logiciel libre et des sujets voisins (DIY, Open Hardware, Open Data, les Communs, etc.), sur un site francophone contributif géré par une équipe bénévole par et pour des libristes enthousiastes

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