#linux

I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#doing #employed #happy #i #keep

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

— Linus Torvalds

#expect #go #good #hungry #i

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

— Linus Torvalds

#i #like #linux #making #never

That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#effort #feedback #good #linux #makes

I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#felt #how #i #important #issue

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

— Linus Torvalds

#danger #face #laugh #linux #philosophy

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. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#brought #commercialism #distribution #easy #good

Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway! ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#applications #beauty #code #course #cross-platform

I've been very happy with the commercial Linux CD-ROM vendors linux Red Hat. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#cd-rom #commercial #happy #hat #i

I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. ↗

— Donald Knuth

#carry #connection #currently #drives #family