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famousactress
on March 26, 2011
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Torvalds: Standards are paper. I use paper to wipe...
I think it's awesome how focused someone who works on the very lowest level of the OS remains so focused on users, and their experience.
hyperbovine
on March 26, 2011
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Seeing the forest instead of the trees is a common trait of successful people.
j2d2j2d2
on March 26, 2011
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You might also enjoy this "USE KDE!" rant from a bunch of years back.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/12/13/1340215/Torvalds-Say...
sudonim
on March 26, 2011
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I wonder what he thinks 5 years later? It seems like Gnome is the default on most distros. Are the attitudes he describes still influencing Gnome?
streptomycin
on March 26, 2011
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http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/01/24/1842218/Linus-Switch...
bonch
on March 26, 2011
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Linus is a patch shepherd. It's his job to see the bigger picture.
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