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Question Surfaces on Linus Torvalds' Income Sources

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Positive users defend Linus Torvalds as deserving wealth for his key contributions while negative users accuse him of illicit schemes such as crypto mining or selling backdoors to explain his income.

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MA macintog@macintogdev

6:40 PM · Jul 17, 2026

@Vuojolahti @yacineMTB He's one of the most important men alive. We're just lucky he doesn't like to party in any fashion that disrupts the infrastructure of the planet.

GR GrumpyBalkanSoftwareEngineer@TheBalkanHacker

6:22 PM · Jul 17, 2026

@yacineMTB Mostly arms dealings, I do think he got into illicit substance distribution too, but that was later once he was established.

HE hexa@devops_is_life

5:53 PM · Jul 17, 2026

@yacineMTB Linux kernel has a crypto miner. He mints shitcoins using Ubuntu LTS servers.

SE Sean@sean_from_earth

5:24 PM · Jul 17, 2026

@yacineMTB personal backdoor in linux, siphons cash off bank transactions

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SS Steve Stammer@realitywonk

5:58 PM · Jul 17, 2026

@yacineMTB buttfucking is my guess

J-Joel - coffee/acc@JoelDeTeves

9:31 PM · Jul 17, 2026

@yacineMTB From being based obv

KA kache@yacineMTB

5:14 PM · Jul 17, 2026

413TECH

Where does Linus Torvalds get all his money?