In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror… — 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
With software, you really can replicate and do a lot of very real and active development in parallel, and actually try it… — 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
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
I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and that has been paying my bills. Obviously a ''real job'' pays better than… — 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
