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He's pretty much the quintessential QA tester. He wants to do things his way, regardless of whether or not the OS wants him to do that. He's usually skilled enough to fix anything he messes up, but he doesn't know enough about Linux to do that, so he ends up breaking things. I feel like most people have a better experience than he did, but his technique uncovered a ton of bugs and usability issues that significantly improved the Linux desktop to have fixed.
Knows enough to be dangerous and confident enough to dive in head first. Deadly combo
So basically the Dunning Kruger effect.
He wanted to do things his way
This quote alone tells you how Linus acts
So basically the Dunning Kruger effect.