Linus Torvalds Quotes
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Torvalds, Linus (2012-08-26). Linus Torvalds - Google+. Retrieved on 2012-08-27.
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The fact is, there aren't just two sides to any issue, there's almost always a range of responses, and 'it depends' is almost always the right answer in any big question.
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I wish everybody was as nice as I am.
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Torvalds, Linus (2007-03-19). The Torvalds Transcript: Why I 'Absolutely Love' GPL Version 2. Retrieved on 2008-12-31.
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You try to claim that the GPLv3 causes 'More developers', and that, my idiotic penpal, is just crazy talk that you made up.
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Oh fuck. If I kill this guy, I'll have millions of nerds on my case.
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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.
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I'd like to say that I knew this would happen, that it's all part of the plan for world domination.
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Torvalds, Linus (2012-12-23). Linus Torvalds - LKML. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
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The main reason there are no raw devices in Linux is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.
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People say that you should not micro-optimize. But if what you love is micro-optimization... that's what you should do.
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Crying that it's an application bug is like crying over the speed of light: you should deal with reality, not what you wish reality was.
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I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.
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Torvalds, Linus (2012-12-12). Linux Nukes 386 Support - Slashdot. Retrieved on 2013-08-10.
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If you have ever done any security work – and it did not involve the concept of 'network of trust' – it wasn't security work, it was – masturbation. I don't know what you were doing. But trust me, it's the only way you can do security, it's the only way you can do development.
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Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people are listening to this and you had anything to do with ACPI, shoot yourself now, before you reproduce.
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I don’t care about you.
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…the Linux philosophy is 'laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong one. 'Do it yourself'. That's it.
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A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die.