All Linus Torvalds Quotes
- I have an ego the size of a small planet Ego
- So I decided that if the architecture is fundamentally sane enough, say it follows some basic rules like it supported paging , then I would… Able
- The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive. Abstracting
- If you want an application to be portable, you don't necessarily create an abstraction layer like a microkernel so much as you program intelligently. Abstraction
- No problem is too big it can't be run away from Big
- In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved. Feel
- In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny. Control
- I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out… Annoying
- I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect. Completely
- Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is right or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's… Ask
- All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less All
- Don't hurry your code. Make sure it works well and is well designed. Don't worry about timing. Code
- Excusing bad programming is a shooting offence, no matter what the circumstances. Bad
- I started Linux because I wanted to see it on the desktop... I do hope that the desktop people would try to work together ...… Desktop
- Don't ever make the mistake [of thinking] that you can design something better than what you get from ruthless massively parallel trial-and-error with a feedback… Better
- I've tried it a couple of times over the years, mainly because the thing Ubuntu did so well was make Debian usable. I always felt that… Always Felt
- I am very happy about Android obviously. I use Android, and it's actually made cellphones very usable. Actually Made
- Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge… C Programmers
- Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime. All
- I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people… All