I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light.

I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.

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.

I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.

I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.

The complaints I've had is that GitHub as a development platform - making commits, pull requests, keeping track of issues etc - doesn't work very well at all. It's not even close, not for something like the kernel. It's much too limited.

I think one thing I do pretty well is not taking myself too seriously.