I try to avoid long-range plans and visions - that way I can more easily deal with anything new that comes up. Linus Torvalds avoiddealeasily Change image and share on social
The thing I love about diving is the flowing feeling. I like a sport where the whole point is to move as little as humanly possible so your air supply will last longer. That's my kind of sport. Where the amount of effort spent is absolutely minimal. Linus Torvalds absolutelyairamount share on social
I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. Linus Torvalds bigengineergoal Change image and share on social
Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life. Linus Torvalds changecheapcompute Change image and share on social
An individual developer like me cares about writing the new code and making it as interesting and efficient as possible. But very few people want to do the testing. Linus Torvalds carecodedeveloper Change image and share on social
It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything around it to be completely boring. Linus Torvalds beginborecompletely Change image and share on social
Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them. Linus Torvalds abusebigcorporation Change image and share on social
Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge. Linus Torvalds companycompletelyedge Change image and share on social
