Argument Quote by Linus Torvalds

“Right now some people are just running around in circles and claiming that moving things to the kernel automatically makes it more stable. I'm telling you that the kernel is stable not because it's a kernel, but because I refuse to listen to arguments like this.” quote by Linus Torvalds — Download Open image

“Right now some people are just running around in circles and claiming that moving things to the kernel automatically makes it more stable. I'm telling you that the kernel is stable not because it's a kernel, but because I refuse to listen to arguments like this.”

Linus Torvalds

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings)

Argument Circles Kernel Moving People Refuse Right now Running Stable

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…

Linus Torvalds

Image

I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.

Linus Torvalds

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

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

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

Image

The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.

Linus Torvalds

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

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

Image

People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product.

Linus Torvalds

Image

I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots.

Linus Torvalds

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

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

Image

Explore all 233 Linus Torvalds quotes

More Argument quotes

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

Rowan Williams

Image

Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does…

Dan Savage

Image

Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they…

Michael Servetus

Image

Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this should also present what they believe are public reasons for their argument. So their opinion is no longer just that of one particular party, but an opinion that all members of a society might reasonably agree…

John Rawls

As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very…

Barack Obama

Image

There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation…

Susan Jacoby

Image

The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into…

Arthur Koestler

Image

On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -…

Alan Alda