Desktop Quote by Linus Torvalds

“I started Linux because I wanted to see it on the desktop... I do hope that the desktop people would try to work together ... and work more on the technology than trying to make the login screen look really nice.”

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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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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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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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