Computers Quote by Nat Friedman

Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on an SGI…

— Jamie Zawinski

I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'

— Linus Torvalds

Microsoft loves Linux.

— Satya Nadella

What does NOT work best for anyone, though, is being forced to keep a Windows partition around just to play video games. The best…

— Ryan C. Gordon

But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe…

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

— Larry Wall

In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see…

— Miguel de Icaza

It's much easier to become a hacker now. It was a private community before and you had to find your way in, like tumbling…

— Michael Demon Calce

For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable in power and storage capacity to the minicomputers of ten years…

— Eric S. Raymond

I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from…

— Kenneth P. Thompson

I use Windows; '98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know, I just started on the computer about 9 months…

— Jimmy Carl Black

We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning…

— Miguel de Icaza