Linus Torvalds Quotes

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the principal developer of the Linux kernel, which is the kernel for Linux operating systems (distributions) and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS. He also created the distributed version control system Git and the scuba dive logging and planning software Subsurface.He was honoured, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel." He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award and the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award. ...more

Birth: December 28, 1969

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that’s how some software projects are born.

I’m a technical manager, but I don’t have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.

Topic(s): People , Care , Worry

I really never wanted to do source control management at all and felt that it was just about the least interesting thing in the computing world .

Topic(s): World , Wanted , Interesting

So I decided that if the architecture is fundamentally sane enough, say it follows some basic rules like it supported paging , then I would be able to say, yes, Linux fundamentally supports that model.

Topic(s): Enough , Able , Support

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

Topic(s): Sometimes , Happens , Practice

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

Topic(s): Simplicity , Complexity , Programming

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.

Topic(s): Trying , I Can , Political

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

Topic(s): Way , Persons , Projects

My name is Linus, and I am your God.

Topic(s): Names

I’m basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things other people actually do.

Topic(s): People , Persons , Credit

One of the reasons that I really don’t mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product.

Topic(s): People , Feels , Mind

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Topic(s): Enough , Given , Programming

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