I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'm not worried about the kernel itself or the basic system. All the commercialization is about the distributions and the applications. As… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The Linux kernel is under the GPL version 2. Not anything else. Some individual files are licensable under v3, but not the… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
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… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
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… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I made very sure that I did not get involved with any of the commercial Linux companies, exactly so that I would… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
So I decided that if the architecture is fundamentally sane enough, say it follows some basic rules like it supported paging ,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
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.… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
