It probably is supposed to mean the second, but it reads like the first. To make it actually properly read like the second it would be “all (the) other cars”.

And people said Linus’ experience wasn’t representative of non-experienced users trying out Linux.

It seems to me like they are deleting comments on the apology video that mention this at all. There are almost noone to be found, and when I tried clicking this recent one to see it’s responses, it gave a 404 error. Someone correct me if that’s wrong though. https://i.gifer.com/3OadD.gif