I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat. Linus Torvalds catloudoccasional Change image and share on social
I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more. Linus Torvalds callfeltimportant Change image and share on social
I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself. Linus Torvalds caremanagerpeople Change image and share on social
Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software. Linus Torvalds badcombinecommercial Change image and share on social
I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places. Linus Torvalds decideexpectgood Change image and share on social
I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. Linus Torvalds competitiongoallinux Change image and share on social
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. Linus Torvalds crappyevilmake Change image and share on social
I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux. Linus Torvalds employhappyhave Change image and share on social
What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out. Linus Torvalds bringcommercialismdistribution Change image and share on social
Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did. Linus Torvalds gpllinuxmake Change image and share on social
