Linus Torvalds is one of the most influential figures in the world of open source software, having created Linux and Git. He's got some thoughts.

The once highly-strung Linux kernel founder Linus Torvalds now says he's become quieter, more self-aware and less forceful, but not necessarily more diplomatic. And he hates social-media companies. In ...

Is meanness the secret sauce of a winning open source project? It might be, according to Linus Torvalds, the guy who's been running the Linux kernel project for the past 22 years. This week, Torvalds ...

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It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled ...

The tech industry has always been a haven for nonconformists. Its heroes, like Linus Torvalds, are brilliant, bullheaded and brash. They say what they want, wear what they want and rage against the ...

Linux founder Linus Torvalds recently picked up a Google Chromebook Pixel, and the hardware left such a positive impression that he posed the question "Why do PC manufacturers even bother any more?" ...

SEATTLE --LinuxCon attendees got an early Christmas present when the Wednesday morning "surprise" keynote speaker turned out to be Linux's founder, Linus Torvalds. Torvalds replied, "I don't think I'm ...

Oregon software developer Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux computer operating system, issued an apology Sunday for caustic online behavior and said he would take some time away to improve his ...

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The ongoing “Secure Boot” saga has already caused no end of controversy in the Linux community over the past eighteen months or so, but the vitriol that’s been made apparent so far pales in comparison ...