Linus talks Linux: 20 years later...

[diogen]

I just love reading Linus thoughts on common issues...
LinuxFr.org

Q: Do you agree that there is an ethical content in the GPL license?
Linus: I'll answer this two very different ways, and try to explain why I answer it two ways.

So the first and the very negative answer is that I absolutely despise the people who try to push the GPL as being about "ethics".
I think that's absolute Bullsh!t. Why? Because ethics are to me something private. Whenever you use it as an argument for why
somebody_else should do something, you're no longer being ethical, you're just being a sanctimonious dick-head.

But the second answer is that I personally feel that the GPL (version 2) matches what I want to do...

Talk about no-nonsense guy. Just love it...

Diogen.

 

[iwc5893]

I just love reading Linus thoughts on common issues...
LinuxFr.org


Talk about no-nonsense guy. Just love it...

Diogen.

He does come up with some good ones...and quite often.

 

[lucavex]

Torvalds is my Home-boy.

 

[diogen]

And Linux will start its 3rd decade of life with v. 3.0.

Because Linus said so...

Highlights of the 3.0RC
- Kinect drivers;
- AMD Fusion optimisation code;
- Intel Ivy/Sandy Bridge support;
- updated graphics drivers;
etc.

Diogen.

 

[diogen]

Linus gets caught in the "tabletization" of Linux GUI
Linus Torvalds dubs GNOME 3 'unholy mess' ? The Register

Just love this (applicable way outside the discussion at hand)

This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

Diogen.

 

[diogen]

Linus about x86, ARM, "running around naked with a chainsaw", etc.
Arm is 'hodge podge', says linus torvalds- The Inquirer

Favorite quote

The smartphone and tablet system based on ARM chip designs is a hodge-podge of companies
making random pieces of hardware and throwing things against the wall to see what ships...

Diogen.

 

[harshness]

He does come up with some good ones...and quite often.

It is the air here in Oregon.

 

[diogen]

Linus' first Linux post (on newsgroup) happened 20 years ago TODAY!
Linux Online - Linus Torvalds announces Linux

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for
386(486) AT clones... and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(

Diogen.