Linus Torvalds Quotes

We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate.

I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'

I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.

Ubuntu is doing amazing things, and I think it's going to change the face of the desktop.

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.

I've felt strongly that the advantage of Linux is that it doesn't have a niche or any special market, but that different individuals and companies end up pushing it in the direction they want, and as such you end up with something that is pretty balanced across the board.

In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage installing applications.

Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

Linux has never been about quality. There are so many parts of the system that are just these cheap little hacks, and it happens to run.

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

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

Android is very different from the GNU/Linux operating system because it contains very little of GNU. Indeed, just about the only component in common between Android and GNU/Linux is Linux, the kernel.

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

All the best people in life seem to like LINUX.

Microsoft loves Linux.

We can build a better product than Linux.

We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.

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.

Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster.

There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels

OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.