Quotes By Linus Torvalds

I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.

Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all.

Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.

What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.

Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.

The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.

Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.

I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.

The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.

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