Linus Torvalds Quotes

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• A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

  Linus Torvalds

  Air, Useless, Computer

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• Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

  Linus Torvalds

  Intelligence, Done, Programming

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• Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.

  Linus Torvalds

  Sex, Technology, Linux

  Attributed to Torvalds at 1996 FSF conference,

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• All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

  Linus Torvalds

  Linux, Operating Systems

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• Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.

  Linus Torvalds

  Complaining, Live By, Can Do

  "Linux: Linus on Choice". Post the Linux Kernel Mailing List, web.archive.org. September 24, 2003.

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• Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

  Linus Torvalds

  Coders, Linux, Programming

  Linux kernel mailing list message, lkml.org. August 25, 2000.

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• I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.

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  Thinking, Offending, People

  "Aalto Talk with Linus Torvalds [Full-length]". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. June 15, 2012.

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• Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

  Linus Torvalds

  Fun, Work, Program

  "First Monday Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates free software developers?". Interview with Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. March 2, 1998.

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• Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

  Linus Torvalds

  Data, Worry, Structure

  Message to Git Mailing List, lwn.net. July 27, 2006.

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• If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

  Linus Torvalds

  Mean, Microsoft, Linux

  "Why Intel and Netscape bought into Linux" by David Needle, edition.cnn.com. October 1, 1998.

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• Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

  Linus Torvalds

  Simplicity, Bugs, Programming

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• Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Real, Men, Mirrors

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• Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.

  Linus Torvalds

  Practice, Sometimes, Theory

  Message to Linux kernel mailing list, lkml.org. March 25, 2009.

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• Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

  Linus Torvalds

  Technology, Evil, Microsoft

  Linus Torvalds‏ @Linus__Torvalds, twitter.com. January 29, 2013.

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• Nobody actually creates perfect code the first time around, except me. But there's only one of me.

  Linus Torvalds

  Perfect, Firsts, First Time

  YouTube Channel "Google"/"Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git", www.youtube.com. May 14, 2007.

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• Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality.

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  Religious, Hippie, Morality

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• If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Inspiring, Thinking, Inspire

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• No problem is too big it can't be run away from

  Linus Torvalds

  Running, Problem, Bigs

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• People who are doing things for fun do things the right way by themselves.

  Linus Torvalds

  Fun, People, Way

  Source: www.ru.j-npcs.org

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• My name is Linus, and I am your God.

  Linus Torvalds

  Names

  "Just for Fun". Book by Linus Torvalds, 2001.

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• C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Use, Facts, Language

  Message to gmane.comp.version-control.git mailing list, article.gmane.org, September 9, 2007.

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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.'

  Linus Torvalds

  Funny, Humor, People

  Post to comp.os.linux.development.apps newsgroup, groups.google.com. March 8, 1995.

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• In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

  Linus Torvalds

  Real, Destiny, Source

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• The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Philosophy, Technology, Laughing

  Google Groups post (linux.dev.kernel newsgroup), groups.google.com. October 16, 1996.

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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.

  Linus Torvalds

  People, Design, Listening

  "Linus; the Lunatics". Q&A during Linux Lunacy cruise, www.linuxjournal.com. November 25, 2003.

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