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
Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a good way, that's how development happens. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
UNIX has a philosophy, it has 25 years of history behind it, and most importantly, it has a clean core. It strives… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For… — 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
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
The way to do good basic design isn't actually to be really smart about it, but to try to have a few… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Generally, the best way to learn git is probably to first only do very basic things and not even look at some… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Other people have other goals, and sometimes the BSD style licenses are better for those goals. I personally tend to prefer the… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
People who are doing things for fun do things the right way by themselves. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
If you have ever done any security work - and it did not involve the concept of "network of trust" - it… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is right or not, you are… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things… — 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
