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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    From what I remember reading and learning on linux way back when he was still in university or in college. And he had purchased his first computer which came with (Hacks and coughs and slides out.) Windows 3.1. I remember reading that he did not like that and he loved using unix and decided to base it on the unix environment. Kind of like a distant cousin of unix but based for the pc. I remember reading this in a linux for dummies when version 5 or 6 of red hat was out. But for what ever reason he decided to make linux linux it is a good thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noxn View Post
    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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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    At lot has been written about Linus T., some of it true ! But his reasons given publicly (just Google it) make sense, he was young and in university and in reality it was a challenge.
    FreeBSD exists, and what else ? FOSS was inevitable, is Linux the best ?
    Did he really have a goal, or just met a personal challenge?
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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    Hack the planet!! H A C K T H E P L A N E T!!!! rotflmao!
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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    Quote Originally Posted by SanskritFritz View Post
    Great video, answers all your questions.

    He seems very likable.

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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    Quote Originally Posted by grazed View Post
    he's also one grumpy, over emotional, and outright offensive person. he's not what people make him out to be. =/
    I know someone who has work with Torvalds in the past and has said he was just a regular guy. He also worked with Stallman and described him that way.

    Quote Originally Posted by grazed View Post
    if anything, his goals aren't being met with Ubuntu. he's come out and said some pretty nasty things about gnome, and its developers. (in so many words saying its garbage and the devs are idiots) so i "assume" he doesn't have pleasant thoughts about where the linux desktop scene has gone.
    He has dissed Debian, and praised Ubuntu in the same article.
    Yes he prefers KDE, It's his opinion and he is entitled to it (even though it is wrong), but his biggest problem with Debian is it's super long release schedule, or he just doesn't like apt (I might be wrong on this point though).
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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    i agree with stinger30au
    he did it for the flocks of women. and the pimpz-points

    He is one of the most famous geeks

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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    Quote Originally Posted by crazyness003 View Post
    i agree with stinger30au
    he did it for the flocks of women. and the pimpz-points

    He is one of the most famous geeks
    Do you think his pimp stick has a diamond encrusted Penguin on top?

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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    I think that he did it for the fun of it, then when he realized he could turn it into something he did. Also, anyone saying that Linus did not make Linux, or anything around that, is wrong. Badly wrong. Linux is the kernel, not the operating system. Linux is what the operating system is based off of. Without the kernel, Linux would not be Linux.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lostincyberspace View Post
    Yes he prefers KDE, It's his opinion and he is entitled to it (even though it is wrong), but his biggest problem with Debian is it's super long release schedule, or he just doesn't like apt (I might be wrong on this point though).
    People have strong opinions about the DE they don't use. I see people here call KDE and Kubuntu "unusable" and "impossible" and "ugly" etc etc....I myself really don't care for GNOME at all, and find many points of dislike in the interface. We al;l use what we use because we find it natural to ourselves, and see the "other DE" as being "annoying" and "impossible" or "ugly".

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    Re: What was L. Torvalds' Goal with Linux?

    Quote Originally Posted by PhoenixMaster00 View Post
    Do you think his pimp stick has a diamond encrusted Penguin on top?
    maybe. Im sure he's got a cape with green binary all over it, instead of dollar signs.

    but yeah. hobby turned 'important part of OS'. I can dig.

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