Frasi di Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds, , è un programmatore, informatico e blogger finlandese, conosciuto soprattutto per essere stato l'autore della prima versione del kernel Linux e coordinatore del progetto di sviluppo dello stesso. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. Dicembre 1969   •   Altri nomi Линус торвалдс, लाइनस टोर्भाल्ड्स्
Linus Torvalds: 165   frasi 2   Mi piace

Linus Torvalds frasi celebri

“Dittatore benevolo? No, sono solo pigro.”

Rivoluzionario per caso

“La ragione per cui gli hacker di Linux fanno qualcosa è perché la trovano molto stimolante, e a loro piace condividere questa cosa interessante con altri.”

Origine: Prologo, in Pekka Himanen, L'etica hacker e lo spirito dell'età dell'informazione, p. 12

“Ero un brutto bambino.”

Origine: Rivoluzionario per caso, p. 23

Linus Torvalds Frasi e Citazioni

“[Riferendosi al Kernel Linux] NON è portabile (usa il metodo 386 per lo switching tra i task etc.), e probabilmente non supporterà mai nient'altro che gli Hard disk AT, perché è tutto ciò che ho :-(.”

da comp.os.minix http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug25.205708.9541%40klaava.Helsinki.FI&output=gplain, 25 agosto 1991, ore 23.12:08 PST

“Il software è come il sesso, è meglio quando è libero/gratuito.”

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.
Attributa a Torvalds alla conferenza della Free Software Foundation del 1996 ( video http://www.argentilinux.com.ar/doku.php/linux_videos_documentales:the_code_linux – time code: 48.44).
Attribuite

Linus Torvalds: Frasi in inglese

“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”

Message to linux-kernel mailing list, 2000-08-25, Torvalds, Linus, 2006-08-28 http://lkml.org/lkml/2000/8/25/132,
2000s, 2000-04

“My name is Linus Torvalds and I am your god.”

As quoted in: Young, Robert; Goldman Rohm, Wendy (1999), Under the Radar: How Red Hat Changed the Software Business – and Took Microsoft by Surprise, p. 111
Jokingly introducing himself, at the 1998 Linux Expo in Durham, North Carolina
2000s, (2001)

“Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.”

<nowiki>Linus Torvalds on Twitter</nowiki>, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-01-29, 2016-07-26 https://twitter.com/linus__torvalds/status/296333371393597440,
2010s, 2013

“Software is like sex; it's better when it's free.”

Attributed to Torvalds at 1996 FSF conference, video showing this phrase in one of Torvalds papers (time code: 48.44) https://web.archive.org/web/20071016215132/http://www.argentilinux.com.ar/doku.php/linux_videos_documentales:the_code_linux
Attributed

“I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep.”

Linus Torvalds - Google+, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-04-05, 2013-04-05 https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/hvnMn1fFKEm,
2010s, 2013

“On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.”

<nowiki>Linus Torvalds' Best Quotes from LinuxCon Europe 2014</nowiki>, Clark, Libby, 2014-10-18, 2014-10-18 http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/791788-linus-torvalds-best-quotes-from-linuxcon-europe-2014,
2010s, 2014

“In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd people.”

Post to mlist.linux.kernel newsgroup, 2001-10-04, Torvalds, Linus, 2016-05-01 https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mlist.linux.kernel/6Yj1ipr6nEc/dbhIEkhm4LgJ,
2000s, 2000-04

“Obsessing about things is important, and things really do matter, but if you can't let go of them, you'll end up crazy.”

Linus Torvalds - Slashdot Interview, Torvalds, Linus, 2012-10-11, 2012-10-11 http://meta.slashdot.org/story/12/10/11/0030249/linus-torvalds-answers-your-questions,
2010s, 2012

“Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of Minix.”

Post to comp.os.minix newsgroup, 1992-01-29, Torvalds, Linus, 2006-08-28 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1992Jan29.231426.20469%40klaava.Helsinki.FI, To Andrew Tanenbaum (author of Minix) during the Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate.
1990s, 1991-94

“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 100 mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.”

Post, comp.os.linux.announce newsgroup, Google Groups, 1996-06-09, Torvalds, Linus, 2006-08-28 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=cola-liw-834355743-12037-0%40liw.clinet.fi,
1990s, 1995-99

“Well, with a subject like this, I'm afraid I'll have to reply. Apologies to minix-users who have heard enough about linux anyway. I'd like to be able to just "ignore the bait", but … time for some serious flamefesting!”

comp.os.minix: LINUX is obsolete, 1992-01-29, Torvalds, Linus, 2008-12-31 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/9f3c7c165aacc83f?dmode=source,
1990s, 1991-94

“Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.”

Linus Torvalds - Google+, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-06-23, 2013-10-12 https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/e4vnEUdB5kn,
2010s, 2013

“Is "I hope you all die a painful death" too strong?”

Linus to the hardware manufacturers that refuse to release the specifications of their hardware so they could operate with the Linux kernel.
Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux, 2007-08-22, Torvalds, Linus, 2007-08-22, 2007-08-25, http://web.archive.org/web/1/apcmag.com/7012/linus_torvalds_talks_about http://apcmag.com/7012/linus_torvalds_talks_about,
2000s, 2007

Autori simili

Ville Valo photo
Ville Valo 9
cantante finlandese
Kevin Mitnick photo
Kevin Mitnick 3
programmatore statunitense
Jon Erickson photo
Jon Erickson 5
esperto di sicurezza informatica
Alexander Stubb photo
Alexander Stubb 3
politico finlandese
Anna Falchi photo
Anna Falchi 8
attrice, showgirl e produttrice cinematografica finlandese
Kimi Räikkönen photo
Kimi Räikkönen 10
pilota automobilistico finlandese
Will Wright photo
Will Wright 3
autore di videogiochi e informatico statunitense
Edward Snowden photo
Edward Snowden 3
informatico statunitense
Greg Egan photo
Greg Egan 16
scrittore di fantascienza australiano
Antonio Ingroia photo
Antonio Ingroia 10
magistrato italiano