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" 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. "

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" To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. "

Linus Torvalds

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" When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.' "

" 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. "

" The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. "

" 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. "

" There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. "

" If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad. "

" No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal. "

" You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior. "

" I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals. "

" Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did. "

" There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems. "

" 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. "

" Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. "

" In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary. "

" My name is Linus, and I am your God. "

" Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't see myself as a visionary at all. "

" Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. "

" I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. "

" Once you start thinking more about where you want to be than about making the best product, you're screwed. "

" I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat. "

" Any program is only as good as it is useful. "

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

" I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. "

" When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver. "

" The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies. "

Linus Torvalds

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" Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'. "