Quotes on Linux

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.

Author: Nat Friedman

Cosmoe works on any of the standard filesystems available for Linux.

Author: Bill Hayden

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.

Author: Miguel Icaza

The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux.

Author: Linus Torvalds

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

Author: Linus Torvalds

Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.

Author: Linus Torvalds

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

Author: Linus Torvalds

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

Author: Linus Torvalds

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.

Author: Linus Torvalds

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

Author: Linus Torvalds

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.

Author: Linus Torvalds

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

Author: Linus Torvalds

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly.

Author: Linus Torvalds

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

Author: Linus Torvalds

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

Author: Linus Torvalds

I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.

Author: Jamie Zawinski

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.

Author: Jamie Zawinski

Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely.

Author: Jamie Zawinski