Jamie Zawinski

If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#figure #first #first thing #give #hacker

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#get #hackers #how #i #install

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. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#big #big picture #great #great thing #hacker

Linux is only free if your time has no value. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#linux #only #our time #time #value

And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#i #linux #machine #maybe #next

Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#applications #because #i #need #regardless

I don't get much sense of reward from having discovered how to get the Foo card to coexist with the Bar card. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#card #coexist #discovered #get #having

I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#drink #eat #eater #i #tidy

I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#bad #because #best #great #great thing

I use a really simple calendar program on my computer. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#computer #i #program #really #simple