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  • Virtualization is not evil. It's sarcastic.

    If virtualization were truly evil, it would be a lot more popular than it is. Unfortunately, Linus Torvalds thinks virtualization is evil. Evil technology should be made of sterner stuff.

    Blog posts | October 5, 2011 3:00am PDT

  • Linus Torvalds on Android, the Linux fork

    There's still a lot of distance between Google's Android and its parent operating system Linux, but eventually, the gap will close... eventually.

    Blog posts | August 18, 2011 9:16am PDT

  • Linus Torvalds would like to see a GNOME fork

    Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, really, really dislikes the GNOME 3 Linux desktop. He's far from the only one.

    Blog posts | August 3, 2011 4:58pm PDT

  • Linus Torvalds needs to shut up about Apple

    The Internet is a cold, cruel place that holds onto your words forever. Be careful of what you say, to whom you say it and the date on any article that you quote.

    Blog posts | July 22, 2011 9:53am PDT

  • Don't Panic! It's only Linux 3.0

    Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.0 and he wants you to know that there has been no big changes. There have, however, been several small, but significant, improvements.

    Blog posts | July 22, 2011 9:05am PDT

  • New Name, Same Linux

    Linus Torvalds has announced that the next major update of the Linux kernel will be called Linux 3.0, but don't get too excited about it.

    Blog posts | May 30, 2011 12:50pm PDT

  • Twenty Years of Linux according to Linus Torvalds

    In an interview, Linus Torvalds talks about Linux's multiple 20th birthdays and life with Linux.

    Blog posts | April 13, 2011 1:41pm PDT

  • Android Linux FUD Debunked

    Android may have legal problems with Microsoft and Oracle, but it has nothing to worry about from Linux.

    Blog posts | March 22, 2011 10:16am PDT

  • Torvalds goes to Oscar bash

    Torvalds and wife Tove mill about an Oscar party with Natalie Portman, Warren Beatty and the Hollywood set

    Blog posts | March 1, 2011 9:46am PST

  • Torvalds' Nexus One endorsement may be regretted

    Google is trying to build a competitive ecosystem in Android, and Android is not the only Linux-based system in the mobile space. It's like saying which one of your children you like best.

    Blog posts | February 8, 2010 6:10am PST

  • Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds, pictured at an unidentified Yodobashi store in Tokyo, Japan. Source: Chris Schlaeger (click to enlarge) I was determined to not write about Windows 7 today, because any...

    Blog posts | October 22, 2009 5:40pm PDT

  • Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat

    Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst disagreed with Linus Torvalds' contention that Linux has become bloated. Whitehurst said that Linux is growing and becoming more full-featured. The bloat will come when...

    Blog posts | September 24, 2009 5:44am PDT

  • Torvalds abandons KDE for Gnome

    Ticked off at the latest revamp of KDE - a "disaster" and "half-baked" - Linux progenitor Linus Torvalds has switched to Gnome.

    News items | January 27, 2009 4:50am PST

  • John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs

    The genius of Steve Jobs is to be valued highly. But so is that of the team around Linus Torvalds. What should matter, in the end, is the quality of the finished product, its usefulness, its value.

    Blog posts | October 27, 2008 6:41am PDT

  • Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder

    The Linux project lead has said new contributors should 'start small' to avoid becoming frustrated with the Linux kernel development process

    News items | August 18, 2008 8:40am PDT

  • Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'

    Linux creator calls OpenBSD crowd a bunch of "monkeys" and criticizes those who publicize security flaws to gain notoriety.

    News items | July 17, 2008 4:02pm PDT

  • Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'

    The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry

    News items | July 17, 2008 7:05am PDT

  • Torvalds releases Linux 2.6.25

    The Linux creator has released the latest version of the kernel, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualization, real-time scheduling and file systems

    News items | April 21, 2008 12:25pm PDT

  • Marauding headlines: fallout from a Torvalds interview

    A recent Linux Foundation interview with Linus Torvalds produced some interesting transcripts - but if you read the commentary from people mining this material for their own stories you'd never...

    Blog posts | February 11, 2008 12:15am PST

  • The OS should be invisible to the user - Is Torvalds right?

    Is Linus Torvalds right? Should the OS should be invisible to the user? How invisible? Is he speaking about the kernel specifically or the distro as a whole? Given the emphasis that popular...

    Blog posts | February 9, 2008 5:28am PST

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