I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers. Linus Torvalds engineerfalsefind Change image and share on social
The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. Linus Torvalds childfrightenmanagement Change image and share on social
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. Linus Torvalds dangerfacelaugh Change image and share on social
What I find most interesting is how people really have taken Linux and used it in ways and attributes and motivations that I never felt. Linus Torvalds attributefeltfind Change image and share on social
Software is like sex: it's better when it's free. Linus Torvalds freesexsoftware Change image and share on social
I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference. Linus Torvalds differencehappyoptimistic Change image and share on social
By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them. Linus Torvalds agreedecisionend Change image and share on social
I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other. Linus Torvalds arguecampconvince Change image and share on social
In many ways, I am very happy about the whole Linux commercial market because the commercial market is doing all these things that I have absolutely zero interest in doing myself. Linus Torvalds absolutelycommercialhappy Change image and share on social
Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral. Linus Torvalds avoidfairlyissue share on social
