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born 1969 Finland
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
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Also known as: Linus, Linus Benedict Torvalds, Linus torvalds, Torvalds, Linus, David Diamond, The father of Linux
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Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
I like colorized diffs, but let's face it, those particular color choices will make most people decide to pick out their eyes with a fondue fork.
On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.
People are strange, and you can't fix people.
A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die.
If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program.
We don't merge kernel code just because user space was written by a retarded monkey on crack.
The main reason there are no raw devices [in Linux] is that I personally think that raw devices are a stupid idea.
Obsessing about things is important, and things really do matter, but if you can't let go of them, you'll end up crazy.
You try to claim that the GPLv3 causes "More developers", and that, my idiotic penpal, is just crazy talk that you made up.
It's what I call "mental masturbation", when you engage is some pointless intellectual exercise that has no possible meaning.
Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.
If you don't have technical reasons, you don't have reasons.
And what's the Internet without the rick-roll?
Friends don't let friends use [gcc] "-W".
I'd like to say that I knew this would happen, that it's all part of the plan for world domination.
I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.
I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.
I am a lazy person, which is why I like open source, for other people to do work for me.
I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.