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  • 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

  • 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 criticizes patent trollers, Microsoft, Sun, virtualization craze

    Linux creator Linus Torvalds blasted patent trollers, Microsoft, Sun and the virtualization craze in his second official communiqué to the public. And he said desktop Linux is going nowhere in...

    Blog posts | February 4, 2008 9:15am PST

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  • Linus Torvalds likes the Google Chrome OS Linux desktop

    Torvalds, still annoyed at the direction that GNOME 3 has taken, has some nice things to say about Google's new Chrome Aura Linux desktop interface.

    Blog posts | May 4, 2012 9:38am PDT

  • Linus Torvalds wins the tech. equivalent of a Nobel Prize: the Millennium Technology Prize.

    Linux Creator's Linus Torvalds is one of two laureates for the Millennium Technology Prize. This award is close as technology has to a Nobel Prize.

    Blog posts | April 19, 2012 8:47am PDT

  • Linus Torvalds snarls at openSUSE desktop Linux's security

    Even Linus "Linux" Torvalds can have desktop Linux headaches.

    Blog posts | March 1, 2012 9:19am PST

  • 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

  • Could you do Linus "Linux" Torvalds job?

    Well, could you? This amusing Facebook quiz from The Linux Foundation gives you a chance to see if you could fill Torvalds' shoes.

    Blog posts | July 6, 2011 9:47am 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 vents about religious extremism

    What I like most about Linus Torvalds is his candor. You don't get his brand of off-the-cuff comments from most CEOs. Okay, okay, so I admit I think of him as the CEO of Linux. Doesn't...

    Blog posts | February 22, 2010 12:56pm 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

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