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Linus Torvalds has offered to hand-build a guitar effects pedal for a random kernel developer who has a commit from 2024. The offer was made in his latest kernel release update, where he mentioned his interest in building guitar pedals as a holiday hobby. Torvalds, while not a guitarist, enjoys the tinkering and sees the giveaway as a way to check engagement with his weekly updates.

Linus Torvalds offers to build free guitar effects pedal

<p>We guitar players are vulnerable to this kind of stuff. Now that I know it’s a thing, I want a Linus Torvalds pedal. I can also already imagine it being listed on Reverb for <s>Klon</s> ridiculous prices.</p>


<p>Honestly not a bad idea, incentivizes people to start working on the kernel who otherwise wouldn’t.</p>
