Linus Torvalds Quotes

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

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

Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.

Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.

All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

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

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

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

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

Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

Nobody actually creates perfect code the first time around, except me. But there's only one of me.

People who are doing things for fun do things the right way by themselves.

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

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.'

C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much easier to generate total and utter crap with it.

In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny.

My name is Linus, and I am your God.

I love making friends.... it's people I can't stand.

No problem is too big it can't be run away from

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