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He made a book:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/38b2/
He says he did it for fun, as a hobby, like someone said before.
Also:
Maybe Linus isnt the friendliest person, but everyone can like/dislike whatever he wants. But maybe swearing about it is a bit too much.
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Originally Posted by TreeFinger
none of this
he just wanted a cool way to pick up chicks and be super famous
it worked!!
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Hacking......the planet.
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He just made the kernel. Richard Stallman and the GNU people were trying to make an operating system and they found that they had all the parts except they needed a kernel...
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It's really unfair how the collective knowledge seems to forget the fact that Linus created only one part of what a whole operating system is.
Richard Stallman should get at least half of the credit.
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That said - if it were just Stallman, or just Torvalds running the show... We wouldn't have the balance between freedom and functionality, which Ubuntu as an OS is trying to achieve.
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I thought Ubuntu was all about Cannonical taking credit for other peoples work. Just kidding
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a cynic might suggest his ultimate goal was to create an audience for his snotty, little comments.
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I think he gave a great tip within 5 minutes of him speaking...
I'm glad I watched it.
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