Real Quotes by Linus Torvalds

9 Real quotes by Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds’ no‑frills approach shines in nine brief observations that get straight to the heart of building and using real code.

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In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

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Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

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Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror…

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OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.

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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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With software, you really can replicate and do a lot of very real and active development in parallel, and actually try it…

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I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and that has been paying my bills. Obviously a ''real job'' pays better than…

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I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves…

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So I would not be surprised if the globbing libraries, for example, will do NFD-mangling in order to glob "correctly", so even…

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I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.

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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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Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts…

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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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Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people…

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