Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think… — 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"… — 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
Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and… — 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
I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of… — 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
You can do a lot of things with git, and many of the rules of what you *should* do are not so… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
In science, the whole system builds on people looking at other people's results and building on top of them. In witchcraft, somebody… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'm basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things other people actually do. — 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
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very… — 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
In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized;… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt.… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible… — 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
