Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux) created a better Unix (specifically, the Unix kernel) that became so popular it became known as Linux (based on his name, Linus). Linus also created the distributed version control and repository system known as Git.

The penguin is the trademarked logo of Linux.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

Do not think in Java, Python, etc. Think about data, data flow and the problem being solved.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

Only wimps use tape backup. REAL men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

I am not a visionary. I'm an engineer. I'm happy with the people who are wandering around looking at the stars but I am looking at the ground and I want to fix the pothole before I fall in. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

This usually means that a new theory is needed that takes into account the differences.

I'm a firm believer in sleep. Some people think that's just being lazy, but I want to throw my pillow at them. I have a perfectly good excuse, and I'm standing by it: You may lose a few hours of your produc­tive daytime if you sleep, oh, say, ten hours a day, but those few hours when you are awake you're alert, and your brain functions on all six cylinders. Or four, or whatever. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

I did learn fairly early that the best and most effective way to lead is by letting people do things because they want to do them, not because you want them to. The best leaders also know when they are wrong, and are capable of pulling themselves out. And the best leaders enable others to make decisions for them. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

An ugly system is one in which there are special interfaces for everything you want to do. Unix is the opposite. It gives you the building blocks that are sufficient for doing everything. That's what having a clean design is all about. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)