Biography

The original author of the "Linux" kernel, released in 1991. He still co-ordinates the world-wide development effort for Linux.

Linux is a kernel not an operating system.

Left Transmeta for a Linux corporate software consortium, the Open Source Development Lab.

Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good and I think it is good in technology as well.

I know exactly what you're talking about and I'm happy to say that it's the exception rather than the rule. I'm also happy to very publicly point out that nVidia has been one of the worst trouble spots we've had with hardware manufacturers. And that is really sad because nVidia tries to sell chips, a lot of chips, into the Android market and nVidia has been the single worst company we've every dealt with. So, nVidia, fuck you! [Aalto Talk with Linus Torvalds, Aalto University in Finland; June 14, 2012]