It didn&#x27;t seem very toxic to me, ESR seemed very respectful of Linus. Here are some things he said about him:<p><pre><code>  &gt; You are a brilliant implementor, more able than me

  &gt; the best one in the Unix tradition since Ken Thompson himself

  &gt; genius that you are

  &gt; You&#x27;re our chosen benevolent dictator and maybe the second coming of Ken

  &gt; we respect you and like you

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If someone said things like that about me, I would be very, very happy.