Wildcards Linux Quotes

Installing kali linux but don't know about hacking is like getting married but have no idea what is sex. ~ Somoy Rahman

I view Linux as something that's not Microsoft-a backlash against Microsoft, no more and no less. ~ Ken Thompson

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. ~ Miguel De Icaza

Programming in the abstract sense is what I really enjoy. I enjoy lots of different areas of it ... I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time writing a database manager or something because there are always interesting problems. ~ John Carmack

What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out. ~ Linus Torvalds

graphical user interfaces make
easy tasks easy, while command line interfaces make difficult tasks possible ~ William E. Shotts Jr.

A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free. ~ Nat Friedman

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

Most hackers graduate from Unix and Linux platforms. They know them intimately. They don't try to exploit them ~ Dean Stockwell

Android's user-space is so different from stock Linux, you can easily say that Android is not in any way a Linux system, except for the kernel. ~ Robert Love

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. ~ Jamie Zawinski

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

Linux provides programmers with everything they need: libraries, compilers, and debugging/development tools. These features are included in all standard Linux versions. ~ Andrew Johansen

You can pipe anything to anything else, and usually it'll do something. With most of the standard Linux tools, it'll even do what you expect. ~ Scott Simpson

One of the questions I've always hated answering is how do people make money in open source. And I think that Caldera and Red Hat - and there are a number of other Linux companies going public - basically show that yes, you can actually make money in the open-source area. ~ Linus Torvalds

Linux doesn't have IP roots. ~ Darl McBride

It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards. ~ Jennifer Capriati

Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster. ~ Linus Torvalds

That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle. ~ Linus Torvalds

That's why Linux and Wikipedia and Firefox work. ~ Daniel H. Pink

Such a leader knows how to empower groups to self-organize. When it's done right, a governance structure by consensus naturally emerges, as happened both with Linux and Wikipedia. "What astonishes so many people is that the open source model actually works," Torvalds said. "People know who has been active and who they can trust, and it just happens. ~ Walter Isaacson

We're not talking about insignificant amounts of code. It's substantial System V code showing up in Linux. ~ Darl McBride

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. ~ Linus Torvalds

Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to work in a decentralized way - that is, without anyone really directing their efforts in a particular direction - and still trust that they're going to come up with good answers. ~ James Surowiecki

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems. ~ 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. ~ Jamie Zawinski

There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of it's kernels ~ Richard Stallman

I have a G4 at home. Theyre great machines for individual users, and I even know a few core Linux hackers who are having a lot of fun with them. But if you want to move the needle on the non-Microsoft desktop, youve got to look elsewhere. ~ Nat Friedman

There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems. ~ Linus Torvalds

I do believe that in a race, it is naive to think Linux has a hope of making a dent against Microsoft starting from way behind with a fraction of the resources and amateur labor. (I feel the same about Unix. ~ Kenneth P. Thompson

I can mostly laugh at myself and this whole mess called "Linux developers," which means that I get along with most people and most people get along with me. ~ Linus Torvalds

One of the reasons that I really don't mind that people are selling Linux commercially is exactly because it does make me feel good that people use the product. ~ Linus Torvalds

Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway! ~ Jamie Zawinski

I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area. ~ Linus Torvalds

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

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numerals, and those who don't. ~ Ian Stewart

Releasing Linux versions has always been a matter of higher code quality, good software architecture, and technical interest for the platform. ~ Timothee Besset

Although using wildcards and unnamed columns satisfies the goal of less typing, this habit creates several hazards. ~ Anonymous

found on other Unix-like systems. The design is actually specified in a published standard called the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. ~ William E. Shotts Jr.

A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack. ~ Andrew S. Tanenbaum

But you weren't born," I tell him. "I wrote an algorithm based on the Linux operating kernel. You're an open-source search engine married to a dialog bot and a video compiler. The program scrubs the Web and archives a person's images and videos and data - everything you say, you've said before." For ~ Adam Johnson

Stephen and the others at the table broke the bread in the baskets before them, and one of the others then prayed about a broken vessel, a perfect sacrifice. Words Linux knew he should have understood, because Stephen had spent their last two sessions explaining what would happen during the communion service. How they followed a pattern that had been set in place at their last meal with the Messiah during the Passover feast, the night before he had been taken from them. Linux knew all these things, yet he was unprepared for what was happening. Not there at the front table, as next the wine was poured and blessed and shared. No, what was happening inside him. ~ Janette Oke

There 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

I'll be damned if we don't find the time to get Linux builds done. ~ Timothee Besset