Linux Quotes - Page 2

• Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

  Seymour Cray

  Tricks, Hardware

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• Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Numbers, Volunteer, Different

  Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.16, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux.

  Miguel de Icaza

  Nice, Empowering, Machines

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

  Linus Torvalds

  Hate, Cds, Red Lipstick

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• I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really matter to me are not on my PC. And so they're going to be able to extract less of a monopoly rent, so to speak.

  Tim O'Reilly

  Thinking, People, Microsoft

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

  Jamie Zawinski

  Running, Time, Machines

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• Big Linux deployments have reached the point where it's become a real problem for administrators that they don't have nice tools to manage their servers and desktops.

  Nat Friedman

  Nice, Real, Deployment

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• The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children.

  Linus Torvalds

  Children, Memories, Management

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• There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numerals, and those who don't.

  Ian Stewart

  Gente, Mundo, Amable

  Ian Stewart (2010). “Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities”, p.89, Profile Books

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

  Jamie Zawinski

  Time, Funny Inspirational, Programming

  Interview for themes.org, www.jwz.org. June 1998.

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• Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft.

  Theo de Raadt

  Hate, People, Microsoft

  "Is Linux For Losers?" by Daniel Lyons, www.forbes.com. June 16, 2005.

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

  Linus Torvalds

  Positive, Effort, Feedback

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• All operating systems sucks, but Linux just sucks less

  Linus Torvalds

  Sistemas operativos

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

  Linus Torvalds

  Materialistic, Economy, Made

  "FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers". Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

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• I must say the Linux community is a lot nicer than the Unix community. A negative comment on Unix would warrent death threats. With Linux, it is like stirring up a nest of butterflies.

  Kenneth P. Thompson

  Butterfly, Community, Negative

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• Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Real, Men, Mirrors

  Linux-kernel Mailing List, www.webcitation.org. July 20, 1996.

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• Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.

  Linus Torvalds

  Thinking, People, Grace

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• Linux is a superbly polished copy of an antique - shinier than the original, perhaps, but still defined by it.

  Jaron Lanier

  Antiques, Copies, Stills

  Jaron Lanier (2010). “You Are Not a Gadget”, p.126, Vintage

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• There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works but only want to use it is not only a tribute to how good Linux is, but it also brings up issues that I would never have thought of otherwise.

  Linus Torvalds

  Use, Care, Want

  "Entrevista a Linus Torvalds de Linux". Entrevista con Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. 1 de enero de 2002.

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• A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this

  Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  Couple, Book, Years

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

  Linus Torvalds

  Mean, Microsoft, Doe

  "Why Intel and Netscape bought into Linux" by David Needle, edition.cnn.com. October 1, 1998.

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• A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free.

  Nat Friedman

  Momentum, Facts

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• The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants.

  Michael Dell

  Success, Business, Educational

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• I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

  Linus Torvalds

  Economy, Paid, Pizza

  "FM Interviews: Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates software developers". Interview with Rishabh Aiyer Ghosh, firstmonday.org. October 3, 2005.

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

  Linus Torvalds

  Use, Pay, Economy

  "Entrevista a Linus Torvalds de Linux". Entrevista con Hiroo Yamagata, www.drdobbs.com. 1 de enero de 2002.

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