Yeah, so what? You know this, I know this, even Linus knows this and admits it. But he doesn't do it just to troll someone. If you've pissed him off enough for him to curse at you, there's (almost) always a good reason why he did it.

If you really think he's a fool, you know nothing of the situation. Linus has been working on nVidia support on Linux, so he does know what he's talking about. He has been frustrated by nVidia's lack of cooperation and he got their attention.

Far more could be accomplished with nVidia if they actually worked with the Linux community. "Civility" has nothing to do with it.