Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only… — 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've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I am very happy about Android obviously. I use Android, and it's actually made cellphones very usable. — 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
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
Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'm not a big believer in revolutions. What people call revolutions in technology were more of a shift in perception - from… — 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
I'm simply too content doing what I want to do to really have a very negative attitude towards MicroSoft. They make bad… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
While we ended up having several core maintainers use BitKeeper - it was free to use for open source projects - it… — 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 is not only… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me… — 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
