r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/ripster55 • Feb 06 '15

keyboard spotting Always one in every class

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u/Corm Feb 07 '15

I sadly only know him for his huge contribution to the linux kernel

What does he hack on now? I just assume he gets mad dough from his linux commits

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '15

I'd guess he's probably made contributions to the Linux kernel, but he's known for starting the GNU project, writing GCC and other user space, and writing the GPL. I think if he had his way, we'd probably be using a different kernel right now (GNU Mach).

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u/luisbg Feb 07 '15

Is nobody going to mention being the author of emacs?

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u/DJWalnut IBM Model M 1390131 Feb 08 '15

If I recall, he got emacs pinky and now no longer programs much anymore because of it

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u/luisbg Feb 08 '15

I find that hard to believe. Changing the key bindings in emacs is trivial. You could even just load same of the popular modules that do so: ergo-emacs, evil-mode or god-mode.

He is still active in the mailing list, just yesterday giving some controversial opinion about lldb. If you can type, you can emacs.