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There are lots of Linux users...

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only a tribute to how good Linux is, but it also brings up issues that I would never have thought of otherwise.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

Bill Gates really seems to be...

Bill Gates really seems to be much more of a business man than a technologist, while I prefer to think of Linux in technical terms rather than as a means to money.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

Once you realize that documen...

Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have you reached the level where you can safely read it and try to use it to actually implement a driver.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I am pragmatic. That which wo...

I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.

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It's what I call "mental mast...

It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.

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All operating systems sucks, ...

All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

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Bad programmers worry about t...

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

I started Linux as a desktop ...

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.

Linus Torvalds 216 quotes

An infinite number of monkeys...

An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program.

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Let's put it this way: if you...

Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is "right" or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law.

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This 'users are idiots, and a...

This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

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I'm basically a very lazy per...

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

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UNIX has a philosophy, it has...

UNIX has a philosophy, it has 25 years of history behind it, and most importantly, it has a clean core. It strives for something - some kind of beauty. And that's really what struck me as a programmer. Operating systems that normal home users are used to, such as DOS and Windows, didn't have any way of life. Nobody tried to design Windows - it just grew in random directions without any kind of thought behind it. [...] I don't think Microsoft is evil in itself; I just think that they make really crappy operating systems.

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I think Leopard is a much bet...

I think Leopard is a much better system [than Windows Vista] but OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary.

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A computer is like air condit...

A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

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If you think your users are i...

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

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So I've decided to be a very ...

So I've decided to be a very rich and famous person who doesn't really care about money, and who is very humble but who still makes a lot of money and is very famous, but is very humble and rich and famous.

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The Linux philosophy is "laug...

The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

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There are literally several l...

There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.

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Personally, I'm not intereste...

Personally, I'm not interested in making device drivers look like user-level. They aren't, they shouldn't be, and microkernels are just stupid.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....