Inspirational Quotes by Linus Torvalds

9 Inspirational quotes by Linus Torvalds

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Linus Torvalds offers nine concise statements that blend pragmatic tech wisdom with a push to keep building and improving.

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All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

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Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.

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I have an ego the size of a small planet

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

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If it is relevant there is always somebody else out there.

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On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.

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If you like using CVS, you should be in some kind of mental institution or somewhere else.

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Eventually the revolutionaries become the established culture, and then what will they do

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The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive.

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

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

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

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

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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.…

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

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

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

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