Quotes by category:Linux

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

linux tools thinking

Linux is a superbly polished copy of an antique - shinier than the original, perhaps, but still defined by it.

linux antiques copies

We can build a better product than Linux. by Jim Allchin

We can build a better product than Linux.

linux products

Programming in the abstract sense is what I really enjoy. I enjoy lots of different areas of it... I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time writing a database manager or something because there are always interesting problems.

linux writing interesting

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash again... by Ken Thompson

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft - a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less.

linux microsoft views

I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is l... by Kenneth P. Thompson

I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.

Kenneth P. Thompson

linux movement thinking

Talk is cheap. Show me the code. by Linus Torvalds

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

coders linux programming

All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less by Linus Torvalds

All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

operating-systems linux

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. by Linus Torvalds

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

linux microsoft mean

Software is like sex: It's better when it's free. by Linus Torvalds

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

linux technology sex

We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. by Linus Torvalds

We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.

linux infinite doe

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.

linux annoying taken

I get the biggest enjoyment from the random and unexpected places. Linux on cellphones or refrigerators, just because it's so not what I envisioned it. Or on supercomputers.

linux refrigerators unexpected

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.

linux important customers

I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.

linux hungry looks

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.

linux venture economy

While I may not get any money from Linux, I get a huge personal satisfaction from having written something that people really enjoy using, and that people find to be the best alternative for their needs.

linux satisfaction people

The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten smal... by Linus Torvalds

The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.

linux memories children

Part of doing Linux was that I had to communicate a lot more instead of just being a geek in front of a computer.

linux geek just-being

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly. by Linus Torvalds

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

linux economy paid

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