Linus Torvalds Quotes

Well, I probably won't get too good grades even without you: I had an argument (completely unrelated – not even pertaining to OS's) with the person here at the university that teaches OS design. I wonder when I'll learn :)

Sometimes you have one of those days that just shows how incompetent you are... Moral of the day: RTFM.

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.

None of this "there is no way to continue" bullshit. Because it is pure and utter SHIT.

Toto, I don't think we're talking white-socks-and-sandals any more.

But I much prefer other people solving my problems for me. So me having to come up with a project is actually a failure of the world—and the world just hasn’t failed in the last 20 years for me.

Yes, I realize that there's a lot of insane people out there. However, we generally don't do kernel design decisions based on them. But we can pat the insane users on the head and say "we won't guarantee it works, but if you eat your prozac, and don't bother us, go do your stupid things".

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

Somebody is trying to kill all the kernel developers.

I know most of us are preparing for Christmas, but give it a whirl, ok? How important are those presents (and that family) anyway?

One of the things, none of the distributions have ever done right is application packaging [...] making binaries for linux desktop applications is a major fucking pain in the ass.

It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels. So if it doesn't happen to compile with your config (or it does compile, but then does unspeakable acts of perversion with your pet dachshund), you can rest easy knowing that it's all your own damn fault, and you should just fix your evil ways.

The main reason there are no raw devices [in Linux] is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.

I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.

Well, with a subject like this, I'm afraid I'll have to reply. Apologies to minix-users who have heard enough about linux anyway. I'd like to be able to just "ignore the bait", but … time for some serious flamefesting!