Linus Torvalds quotes

Linus Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer and creator of the Linux operating system kernel. Linux has become the backbone of countless devices, servers, and supercomputers worldwide. He continues to play an influential role in open-source software development and technology innovation. Here are 233 of his quotes:

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. (Linus Torvalds)
... the Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself." View quote
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The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. View quote
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Software is like sex: it's better when it's free. View quote
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Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. View quote
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Portability is for people who cannot write new programs. View quote
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My name is Linus Torvalds and I am your god. View quote
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See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too. View quote
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Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did. View quote
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When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free." View quote
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In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd people. (Linus Torvalds)
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100 mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had. View quote
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Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. View quote
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Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it;) View quote
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I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect. View quote
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Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people are listening to this and you had anything to do with ACPI, shoot yourself now, before you reproduce. View quote
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Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have you reached the level where you can safely read it and try to use it to actually implement a driver. View quote
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Every time I see some piece of medical research saying that caffeine is good for you, I high-five myself. Because I'm going to live forever. View quote
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There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong. View quote
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And what's the Internet without the rick-roll? View quote
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I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.Please, just tell people to use KDE. (Linus Torvalds)
It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning. View quote
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A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die. View quote
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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. I don't want to be associated with the people for whom it's about exclusion and hatred. View quote
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Nobody actually creates perfect code the first time around, except me. But there's only one of me. View quote
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Linus Torvalds

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Photo: Krd (photo)Von Sprat (crop/extraction), CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Businessman
Born: December 28, 1969
Quotes count: 233
Wikipedia: Linus Torvalds

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