I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'd like to point out that I don't think that there is anything fundamentally superior in the GPL as compared to the… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
So I would not be surprised if the globbing libraries, for example, will do NFD-mangling in order to glob "correctly", so even… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I think Leopard is a much better system [than Windows Vista] but OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
When I do programming in my free time and for my own enjoyment, I really want to have a kind of protection:… — 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
