A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For me, one of the most important things for Linux is having a big community that is actively testing new kernels; it's the only way to support the absolute insane amount of different hardware we deal with.
Linus TorvaldsThe correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.
Linus TorvaldsI spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.
Linus TorvaldsThere were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technical projects in this area, and it changed how people looked at it because Linux took both the practical and ideological approach.
Linus Torvalds