Wow!
Looks like he had a problem with the police, felt his career was over, and that he had problems with African Americans (given his use of the “N word”) in his last postings.
What a waste. Debian (Ubuntu/Mint) is a great distro.
From the tweets, Mr. Murdock was detained for some reason by the SFPD. They beat him and released him. He asked if they had cameras just before getting into his car.
With that question, they followed him home and beat him some more. This led to a hospital visit, then a jail stay. Bail set at #25K, which he paid.
Makes him so angry he decides he’s going to tell the story, and then underline it by committing suicide at 42 years old. Made #1.4MM last year, and created one of the most influential branches of Linux - Debian. Debian begat Ubuntu and Raspbian.
Problem is there’s none of the promised blog posts or pictures. Just the suicide note.
This guy is a big deal in the tech world of SF. If there is any truth to this, the mayor on down is going to burn for this.
Damn, such a brilliant mind so troubled. I never realized there was an “Ian” behind Debian, he left quite a legacy.