Linus Torvalds Quotes About Linux
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We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
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I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.
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The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.
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I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
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So I decided that if the architecture is fundamentally sane enough, say it follows some basic rules like it supported paging , then I would be able to say, yes, Linux fundamentally supports that model.
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I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.
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Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
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I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more.
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Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux in technical terms rather than as a means to money. As such, I'm not very likely to make the same kind of money that Bill made.
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I changed the Linux copyright license to be the GPL some time in the first half of 1992. Mostly because I had hated the lack of a cheaply and easily available UNIX when I had looked for one a year before.
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The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.
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I started Linux because I wanted to see it on the desktop... I do hope that the desktop people would try to work together ... and work more on the technology than trying to make the login screen look really nice.
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I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.
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On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.
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See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.
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All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less
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If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.
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Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster.
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Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.
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A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For me, one of the most important things for Linux is having a big community that is actively testing new kernels; it's the only way to support the absolute insane amount of different hardware we deal with.
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I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.
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There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems.
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I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves me with less time, but I've tried to balance things out - not just spending time with Linux all the time, but having a real job and a real life at the same time.
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OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.
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I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.
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I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.
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The cyberspace 'earnings' I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.
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Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.
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I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.
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I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.
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