--- title: "22 Want Quotes By Linus Torvalds" description: "22 Want quotes by Linus Torvalds. Plus more from Linus Torvalds and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/linus-torvalds-1512_care_there-are-lots-of-linux-users-who-don-t_515352.jpg" --- > [There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/there-are-lots-of-linux-users-who-don-t-care-how-the-kernel-works-but/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/linus-torvalds-1512_care_there-are-lots-of-linux-users-who-don-t_515352.jpg) > [If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/if-you-want-to-travel-around-the-world-and-be-invited-to-speak-at-a/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/linus-torvalds-1512_around-the-world_if-you-want-to-travel-around-the-world-a_2119191.jpg) > [If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/if-you-want-an-application-to-be-portable-you-don-t-necessarily/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/linus-torvalds-1512_abstraction_if-you-want-an-application-to-be-portabl_1485897.jpg) > [I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-am-pragmatic-that-which-works-works-and-theory-can-go-screw-itself/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/linus-torvalds-1512_done_i-am-pragmatic-that-which-works-works-an_2772644.jpg) > [If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/if-you-start-doing-things-because-you-hate-others-and-want-to-screw/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/linus-torvalds-1512_bad_if-you-start-doing-things-because-you-ha_2442299.jpg) > [I don't doubt at all that virtualization is useful in some areas. What I doubt rather strongly is that it will ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-don-t-doubt-at-all-that-virtualization-is-useful-in-some-areas-what/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/linus-torvalds-1512_areas_i-don-t-doubt-at-all-that-virtualization_2946171.jpg) > [An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/an-individual-developer-like-me-cares-about-writing-the-new-code-and/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/linus-torvalds-1512_care_an-individual-developer-like-me-cares-ab_1179196.jpg) > [I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-want-my-office-to-be-quiet-the-loudest-thing-in-the-room-by-far/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/linus-torvalds-1512_cat_i-want-my-office-to-be-quiet-the-loudest_332603.jpg) > [A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/a-lot-of-people-want-to-have-market-share-numbers-lots-of-users/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/linus-torvalds-1512_absolutes_a-lot-of-people-want-to-have-market-shar_1872688.jpg) > [I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-d-argue-that-everybody-wants-to-do-something-that-matters-and-the/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/linus-torvalds-1512_arguing_i-d-argue-that-everybody-wants-to-do-som_1495576.jpg) > [Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/programmers-are-in-the-enviable-position-of-not-only-getting-to-do/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/linus-torvalds-1512_career_programmers-are-in-the-enviable-position_82450.jpg) > [There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/there-are-lots-of-linux-users-who-don-t-care-how-the-kernel-works-but-2/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/linus-torvalds-1512_care_there-are-lots-of-linux-users-who-don-t_2642089.jpg) > [There are "extremists" in the free software world, but that's one major reason why I don't call what I do "free software"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/there-are-extremists-in-the-free-software-world-but-that-s-one-major/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/linus-torvalds-1512_exclusion_there-are-extremists-in-the-free-softwar_168837.jpg) > [I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-ve-felt-strongly-that-the-advantage-of-linux-is-that-it-doesn-t/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/linus-torvalds-1512_advantage_i-ve-felt-strongly-that-the-advantage-of_3119965.jpg) > [I'm simply too content doing what I want to do to really have a very negative attitude towards MicroSoft. They make bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-m-simply-too-content-doing-what-i-want-to-do-to-really-have-a-very/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/linus-torvalds-1512_alternatives_i-m-simply-too-content-doing-what-i-want_2344115.jpg) > [I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and that has been paying my bills. Obviously a ''real job'' pays better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-ve-been-employed-by-the-university-of-helsinki-and-that-has-been/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/linus-torvalds-1512_arrangements_i-ve-been-employed-by-the-university-of_452141.jpg) > [The Linux kernel is under the GPL version 2. Not anything else. Some individual files are licensable under v3, but not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/the-linux-kernel-is-under-the-gpl-version-2-not-anything-else-some/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/linus-torvalds-1512_available_the-linux-kernel-is-under-the-gpl-versio_614202.jpg) > [Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/once-you-start-thinking-more-about-where-you-want-to-be-than-about/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/linus-torvalds-1512_best_once-you-start-thinking-more-about-where_351173.jpg) > [I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-have-one-very-basic-rule-when-it-comes-to-good-ideas-a-good-idea-is/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/linus-torvalds-1512_creativity_i-have-one-very-basic-rule-when-it-comes_179694.jpg) > [When I do programming in my free time and for my own enjoyment, I really want to have a kind of protection:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/when-i-do-programming-in-my-free-time-and-for-my-own-enjoyment-i/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/linus-torvalds-1512_available_when-i-do-programming-in-my-free-time-an_2628226.jpg) > [I'd like to point out that I don't think that there is anything fundamentally superior in the GPL as compared to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-d-like-to-point-out-that-i-don-t-think-that-there-is-anything/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/linus-torvalds-1512_community_i-d-like-to-point-out-that-i-don-t-think_1303685.jpg) > [Other people have other goals, and sometimes the BSD style licenses are better for those goals. I personally tend to prefer the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/other-people-have-other-goals-and-sometimes-the-bsd-style-licenses/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/linus-torvalds-1512_depends_other-people-have-other-goals-and-someti_2538286.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Linus Torvalds > [Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/once-you-realize-that-documentation-should-be-laughed-at-peed-upon/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-think-fundamentally-open-source-does-tend-to-be-more-stable/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-used-to-be-interested-in-windows-nt-but-the-more-i-see-it-the-more/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-think-that-freely-available-software-can-not-only-keep-up-with-the/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/programmers-are-in-the-enviable-position-of-not-only-getting-to-do/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/the-nih-syndrome-not-invented-here-is-a-disease/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/the-correct-form-factor-for-a-laptop-is-obviously-12-and-2-lbs-and-i/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/hmmm-completely-a-religious-atheist-i-find-that-people-seem-to-think/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/people-will-realize-that-software-is-not-a-product-you-use-it-to/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-claim-that-mach-people-and-apparently-freebsd-are-incompetent-idiots/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/there-are-extremists-in-the-free-software-world-but-that-s-one-major/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/real-quality-means-making-sure-that-people-are-proud-of-the-code-they/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a problem cleanly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-have-one-very-basic-rule-when-it-comes-to-good-ideas-a-good-idea-is/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/i-ve-never-regretted-not-making-linux-shareware-i-really-don-t-like/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/modern-pcs-are-horrible-acpi-is-a-complete-design-disaster-in-every/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/linus-torvalds/#itemlist", "name": "22 Want Quotes By Linus Torvalds", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. 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