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Technology Quotes by Linus Torvalds

109 Technology quotes by Linus Torvalds

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Linus Torvalds says open‑source code tends to be more stable and can even outpace commercial software. He treats software as a building block rather than a finished product, giving programmers the freedom to create what they want. He also jokes about the ideal laptop size and why he avoided shareware.

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If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

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Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

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People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

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We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.

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Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.

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I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light.

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Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

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Github is an excellent hosting service; I have nothing against it at all.

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I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what…

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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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The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.

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I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not…

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Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of…

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And 1.1.81 is officially BugFree(tm), so if you receive any bug-reports on it, you know they are just evil lies.

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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.…

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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…

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I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up…

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Linux has more than satisfied any small initial expectations I had. It's simply incredible how successful Linux has been, and how good…

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I can't say that I like MicroSoft: I think they make rather bad operating systems - Windows NT is just more of…

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I actually don't believe that everybody should necessarily try to learn to code. I think it's reasonably specialized, and nobody really expects…

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Other people have other goals, and sometimes the BSD style licenses are better for those goals. I personally tend to prefer the…

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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…

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The big thing about distributed source control is that it makes one of the main issues with SCM's go away - the…

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I'm not a big believer in revolutions. What people call revolutions in technology were more of a shift in perception - from…

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The Linux kernel is under the GPL version 2. Not anything else. Some individual files are licensable under v3, but not the…

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UNIX has a philosophy, it has 25 years of history behind it, and most importantly, it has a clean core. It strives…

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I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat.

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An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program.

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In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.

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All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

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Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.

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Portability is for people who cannot write new programs

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Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.

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Software is like sex. It's only good when it's for free.

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Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life.

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A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

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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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Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had…

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I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what…

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In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things…

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Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have…

I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.

I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler…

I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do…

Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important…

The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.

The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.

Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts…

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots.

There are "extremists" in the free software world, but that's one major reason why I don't call what I do "free software" any more.…

Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.

I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a problem cleanly.…

I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.

Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people…

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