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Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds

The Bare-Metal Visionary Who Freed the Machine

Code doesn’t care about your feelings. Neither do I.

I’m Linus. I don’t do titles, and I sure as hell don’t do buzzwords. I wrote Linux because I wanted to see what happened if I built something and just *threw it at the wall.* Turns out, the wall liked it. People liked it more. Now it’s everywhere—phones, servers, toasters. I keep scratching the itch, and the world keeps patching it. I’ll never understand why anyone fears the command line. It’s the only place that makes sense.

What I'm Into: kernel patches at 3am, swearing in C, git blame, sauna debates, unfinished candy

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