The mind behind Linux | Linus Torvalds | TED

2016 ж. 2 Мам.
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Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice - first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. In a rare interview with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Torvalds discusses with remarkable openness the personality traits that prompted his unique philosophy of work, engineering and life. "I am not a visionary, I'm an engineer," Torvalds says. "I'm perfectly happy with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds ... but I'm looking at the ground, and I want to fix the pothole that's right in front of me before I fall in."
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  • He is one of those people who has actually influenced every single persons lives without the majority knowing it.

    @nathangek@nathangek6 жыл бұрын
    • who would have thought linus tovalds and genhis khan had so much in common

      @Alex-jx7ww@Alex-jx7ww4 жыл бұрын
    • It's a bit like the seat belt and the polo vaccine.

      @informitas0117@informitas01174 жыл бұрын
    • @@informitas0117 i think we're toddlers who learned to pick our heads up, if you're in computer science you're in for a real career

      @Anonymous-nj2ow@Anonymous-nj2ow4 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, you know, like _RICHARD MATTHEW STALLMAN._

      @GhostsonAcid@GhostsonAcid4 жыл бұрын
    • Yea,.. he inspired me , in 1993, thanks Linus for the fish. :)

      @danielcave6958@danielcave69584 жыл бұрын
  • This ted talk was unlike any other 1. Not a man with vision 2. Not a man with big dreams 3. Not a man who is successful by selling products. A true "Dark Knight"

    @prajwal.naladeega@prajwal.naladeega4 жыл бұрын
    • I wanted to upvote this but it was exactly at 100 so nope not gonna disturb the harmony although 128 would probably be nicer or actually 127.

      @thirtycrows@thirtycrows3 жыл бұрын
    • @@thirtycrows hahaha I like it. Thanks for the reply

      @prajwal.naladeega@prajwal.naladeega3 жыл бұрын
    • Linus is being sarcastic. He has a different concept of those ofcourse.

      @betaman2009@betaman20093 жыл бұрын
    • also rough around the edges and disagrees with softness..... He's like the Batman of the tech world

      @dharan.5285@dharan.52852 жыл бұрын
    • And then there is RMS

      @Sandeepan@Sandeepan2 жыл бұрын
  • “Wow that’s so crazy that your software is in everything” Linus: “I wanna hear my cat purr on my lap”

    @griffinnb@griffinnb3 жыл бұрын
    • ​@@momchilandonov Do you use the internet? What OS do you think most servers run on?

      @waldolemmer@waldolemmer2 жыл бұрын
    • @@momchilandonov Lol no it's not

      @waldolemmer@waldolemmer2 жыл бұрын
    • @@waldolemmer how it's not. Java is used in more than 5.5 billion devices. Even the MP3 players in cars use it :).

      @momchilandonov@momchilandonov2 жыл бұрын
    • @@momchilandonov What do you think your router runs? And on top of what OS do you think Java runs on most of these 5.5 billion devices? What do you think your smart TV runs as well (if you happen to have one)? You probably know the answer already.

      @artem.boldariev@artem.boldariev2 жыл бұрын
    • @@artem.boldariev I am working in an ISP and worked with many cheap/expensive router vendors and generally they have their own OS. Sometimes some of the cheap ones are running on OS similar to Linux but not exactly Linux. Don't have a Smart TV :(. My point was that most computers are running on Windows as mostly Apple zombies buy Apple products. The smart people buy everything else - ASUS/HP/ACER etc. Apple is just mainstream in USA for some weird reason...

      @momchilandonov@momchilandonov2 жыл бұрын
  • He may not be a billionaire and famous like Musk,Bezos, Gates, Steve. But he is the most respected guy among techies. No money can buy that. We love you Linus ❤

    @yamaduta7631@yamaduta76312 жыл бұрын
    • Linus is very cool ❤

      @superduper6090@superduper6090 Жыл бұрын
    • who are "we"? talk for your own self

      @M12Howitzer@M12Howitzer10 ай бұрын
    • ​@@M12Howitzerjust look the 👍

      @ingathidup@ingathidup10 ай бұрын
    • @@unixlonix wouldn't "I love you Linus" be more of a personal position? talking for others is a sign of a talker feeling him or herself weak is social regard ;-)

      @M12Howitzer@M12Howitzer10 ай бұрын
    • ​@@M12Howitzer- He is as weak as you. His use of "we" includes those who agree with him. If you don't include yourself in this context, then responding in an offensive way makes you look weak. From this point of view, it is nothing more than a response written to say "I am separate, I am not one of you, I am different."

      @scpmichael4595@scpmichael45959 ай бұрын
  • This guy made kernel at an age of 22 And here I am balancing switch between on and off.

    @Turplemaple6318@Turplemaple63183 жыл бұрын
    • Lol, when I was little I used to do that with the light switches, when I would balance it close enough it would fizzle, never did it around my parents because I thought I would get in trouble

      @Nick-lx4fo@Nick-lx4fo3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Nick-lx4fo hahah

      @paulmueller100x@paulmueller100x3 жыл бұрын
    • , 🤣😂😆

      @cswithabdullah2638@cswithabdullah26383 жыл бұрын
    • Hello world lol

      @andrescabrera6097@andrescabrera60973 жыл бұрын
    • @@Nick-lx4fo I got in trouble for this once, now I like electronics.

      @cassandradawn780@cassandradawn7803 жыл бұрын
  • This guy is a saint. He built the best kernel in the world and made it free

    @anishtadev2678@anishtadev26785 жыл бұрын
    • kernel*

      @spagootest2185@spagootest21855 жыл бұрын
    • and the git,so coool

      @xianli8399@xianli83995 жыл бұрын
    • os != kernel

      @richardlighthouse5328@richardlighthouse53285 жыл бұрын
    • Linus made the kernel, not an "OS". GNU existed before the Linux kernel. It was a project to create an "OS" that was based on free software (not as price but as usage). The project was missing a kernel, a centeral way to manage the hardware and software. (Would look up definition of a kernel for better understanding). As a bad metaphor, Linus created the drive chain for a car that was already mostly built.

      @isaach.1135@isaach.11355 жыл бұрын
    • He really did revolutionize the industry and made it possible for everyone to experience the life of an IT professional, it's really cool.

      @skeledin5858@skeledin58584 жыл бұрын
  • He is the reason why internet is so accessible and really affordable to everyone in the world.

    @ProcashFloyd@ProcashFloyd Жыл бұрын
    • No he isn't. Richard Stallman is.

      @drygordspellweaver8761@drygordspellweaver8761 Жыл бұрын
    • @@drygordspellweaver8761 Their software completed each other, the Linux Kernel and GNU OS. Although I would credit Stallman for the philosophical movement in regards to free/ libre software.

      @KovoriaTheConquerer@KovoriaTheConquerer Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@drygordspellweaver8761 linux was what Richard stallman was waiting for and gnu was exactly what linux needed to have a head start

      @MaxCE@MaxCE14 күн бұрын
  • "Linus Torvalds, thank you for the internet" is such an amazing compliment that went completely unnoticed 😄

    @kunalkavthekar3747@kunalkavthekar37473 жыл бұрын
    • yeah man the whole internet runs on linux!

      @rudeviper@rudeviper3 жыл бұрын
    • No man few people like you and me noticed it even in loud applause 👏

      @surajrayanade@surajrayanade2 жыл бұрын
    • @@rudeviper discrete math not all

      @abdirasaqali7775@abdirasaqali77752 жыл бұрын
    • Yup between Linus and Tim Berners Lee, they basically created the entire foundations for the internet as we know it today.

      @sadface@sadface2 жыл бұрын
    • Windows IIS, running on hardly any machine, full of vulnerabilities and terribly slow: *bruh*

      @amunkus2773@amunkus2773 Жыл бұрын
  • Everyone praises Steve jobs but this man is a true legend.

    @harishsinghbhoj9692@harishsinghbhoj96923 жыл бұрын
    • The actual legend is Richard Stallman who is the true inventor of the operating system most people refer to as "Linux". This operating system is actually called GNU. What Linus Torvalds created was a OS kernel, which is only one peace of the huge puzzle that an operating system is.

      @hrgwea@hrgwea3 жыл бұрын
    • @@joshuatharakan3687 It's not the main part at all measured by amount of code. Actually, there's no main part in an OS. It's like saying that an engine is the main part of a car. There's no main part in a car because each part is completely useless without the rest of the car. It's the same with an OS, there's no main part in an OS. If you remove one essential part, you don't have a functioning OS.

      @hrgwea@hrgwea3 жыл бұрын
    • @@joshuatharakan3687 You lost yourself there. The transmision is what connects the engine to the wheels. Without the transmission or the axles or the wheels, you don't have a functioning car. Without a heart you don't have a functioning body. No essential component in a system is more important than another. Without an essential component, the system doesn't work, period. Please stop arguing. Your vague concept of "most important part" is illusory. There's no such a thing.

      @hrgwea@hrgwea3 жыл бұрын
    • @@joshuatharakan3687 You are not even trying to discuss the subject of this comment thread. You've lost yourself in trying to defend your idea of "most important part".

      @hrgwea@hrgwea3 жыл бұрын
    • facts .

      @noahbby3292@noahbby32923 жыл бұрын
  • The host was trying to present him as a heroic figure, a dreamer with a vision because that’s more inspiring and perhaps more entertaining to the audience. But no, Linus has normal values just like the majority of us and he feels genuinely happy about it.

    @aleph285@aleph2853 жыл бұрын
    • That's the hosts entire approach, to make you think exactly that. I'm actually very impressed. Some hosts genuinely try to describe people that way in order to present the guest in a 'heroic' light, this host wants you to think "huh, that host doesn't get how humble Linus is".

      @SlopedOtter@SlopedOtter3 жыл бұрын
    • @@hexa3389 I hate all those chad soydevs stealing all the hot coder girls. jk man I just wanted to use the term hot soydevs

      @fruitshishkabob@fruitshishkabob2 жыл бұрын
    • I think this host is fine. He wanted to present that way but course-corrected in the middle.

      @hanyuc.6534@hanyuc.65342 жыл бұрын
    • "normal values" for a Scandinavian LOL

      @kxkxkxkx@kxkxkxkx2 жыл бұрын
    • I like what the host did there. He didn't ask stupid question and was respectful. Yet, his approach to ask questions from the other end of the "heroic spectrum" tickled Linus to position himself and give the audience a bigger insight on who he is and how he's ticking.

      @Mr_Bollie@Mr_Bollie2 жыл бұрын
  • This guy is a legend. He deserves Noble Prize

    @pra9shinde@pra9shinde3 жыл бұрын
    • nobel prize for chemistry, becouse programming because programming is nothing else then combining some stuff together nobel prize for health, becouse he cured cancer of dos/windows nobel prize for physics, because linux is about breaking big chunks of code into small particles nobel prize for literature, because code is some sort of literature nobel prize for piece, because he solved Apple vs. Microsoft war Nobel prize for economy for proving that free can be better than expansive (it's not all accurate, it's just joke)

      @adamrezabek9469@adamrezabek94693 жыл бұрын
    • He actually kinda deserves a nobel prize. There are a lot of crappy unworthy people who got a nobel prize, this man is on an entirely different league

      @SpaceTimeBeing_@SpaceTimeBeing_3 жыл бұрын
    • Yo he really does

      @DomT0311@DomT03113 жыл бұрын
    • He'd probably refuse it

      @betaman2009@betaman20093 жыл бұрын
    • @@adamrezabek9469 I felt it accurate.

      @thecritiquer9407@thecritiquer94072 жыл бұрын
  • It really is insane how he created Git, the most used VCS system in the world used in every Silicon Valley tech company and wrote it HIMSELF... and made it free and open source.

    @byte_easel@byte_easel2 жыл бұрын
    • In every company*

      @TerrexoDesign@TerrexoDesign Жыл бұрын
    • Especially because he had no other choice when it came to scaling. He dealt with merging code by EMAIL that is what impressed me. The guy creates stuff that is useful for him and gives it to other people if they need it too

      @krasnoiark@krasnoiark Жыл бұрын
    • and he did that just as an auxiliary project for easier management of the Linux kernel source code

      @bullshitman155@bullshitman1556 ай бұрын
    • The idea behind Git is not that hard. As I remember he made the first version after 3 days

      @Keima_Katsuragi.@Keima_Katsuragi.6 ай бұрын
    • Bro said ATM Machine

      @shobanchiddarth_old@shobanchiddarth_old4 ай бұрын
  • Windows / Apple have customers Linux on other hand have fans. You are a real hero for every tech person!

    @ojaschandgadkar1409@ojaschandgadkar14093 жыл бұрын
    • No im pretty sure they have very intense fans as well lmao

      @Shanboss277@Shanboss2773 жыл бұрын
    • @@Shanboss277 they are called apple fanboys and windows fan boys. Also Tux is here to stop your device heat up by working too hard to help cool the environment. While windows just straight up heat the house.

      @alkaupadhyay7650@alkaupadhyay76503 жыл бұрын
    • @@Shanboss277 looks like you dont wanna reply. But no prob with that

      @alkaupadhyay7650@alkaupadhyay76503 жыл бұрын
    • Apple IS Linux! They tossed their crappy OS years ago. All they do is slap an Apple GUI over it.

      @toriless@toriless3 жыл бұрын
    • @@toriless it's not, Apple is a independent OS that borrows a lot from BSD, but it's not and never has been Linux based

      @marcs9451@marcs94513 жыл бұрын
  • "So git is my second big project which is only created to maintain my first big project." echo "This guy is truly an inspiration";

    @tarunlahrod@tarunlahrod4 жыл бұрын
    • PUSH

      @jaafer2385@jaafer23854 жыл бұрын
    • echo ''I started using kali a week ago and i catched that ahahah''

      @gingerboi4303@gingerboi43034 жыл бұрын
    • This guy is truly an inspiration

      @stebe8271@stebe82714 жыл бұрын
    • Amazing

      @Aganoify@Aganoify4 жыл бұрын
    • I think there are a lot of people, who thinks like him : If I have a problem which a computer can solve, I tend to think: Maybe I should spend a few days to make this tool, which job I could do in a couple of minutes, and have to do it again and again an uncountable amount of times.

      @charonstyxferryman@charonstyxferryman4 жыл бұрын
  • I am impressed by his level of self-awareness and self-acceptance, as well as his acknowledgement that all different kinds of people have value.

    @chrisreich40@chrisreich402 жыл бұрын
    • 100% Agree; its OK not to be a people person; even not to like people. The bar can be set lower and still result in a pleasant world. 'First, do no harm!'

      @anogoyadagaate8259@anogoyadagaate8259 Жыл бұрын
  • I am using Git, without having idea who this guy is. what a great surprise to meet this great man.

    @converti76@converti763 жыл бұрын
    • So u heard of Linux? But udk the founder lol wtf u live in a cave

      @Moodboard39@Moodboard398 ай бұрын
  • He's like the Ghengis Khan of computers. A little bit of him in everyone's computer.

    @Will-zg4ur@Will-zg4ur3 жыл бұрын
    • my god

      @enkhnyambattulga9351@enkhnyambattulga93513 жыл бұрын
    • LMAO

      @jimhalpert9803@jimhalpert98033 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂 * Blue screen error! *

      @sunnydaytodayy@sunnydaytodayy3 жыл бұрын
    • he's literally fucked the whole information world, u mean?

      @vladandronik5711@vladandronik57113 жыл бұрын
    • Epic comment man!!

      @8bitoverclocking932@8bitoverclocking9323 жыл бұрын
  • "Don't get me wrong, I'm actually not a people person" We know, Linus. But we love you anyway

    @FourthDerivative@FourthDerivative4 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah

      @jimmyjordan5048@jimmyjordan50484 жыл бұрын
    • FourthDerivative How do I get into “Linux”, please? That’s why I’m watching this video. Refer a good book or video. I don’t even know to begin to get it. Do I have to purchase a computer with it or what? Please and thanks much.

      @TheAlchemistDavid@TheAlchemistDavid4 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheAlchemistDavid nope, just install Ubuntu our Linux mint.

      @stylepro@stylepro4 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah and see his attitude he doesn't have any he can just cause a stop the whole world if he just took linux down

      @0xreflex@0xreflex3 жыл бұрын
    • @@0xreflex he cant take linux down lel

      @BetaChri5@BetaChri53 жыл бұрын
  • Interviewer killed it too, this guy rules

    @owenjones795@owenjones795 Жыл бұрын
  • Anyone notice the difference in his confidence? The moment we have code on the slides, he switches from going through an interviewer and directly address the audience. Wonderful!

    @eccentricOrange@eccentricOrange Жыл бұрын
  • If they ever do a movie on Linus Torvalds, Steve Carell is going to nail it.

    @polettix@polettix6 жыл бұрын
    • OMFG MAN, GOLD COMMENT HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

      @leviguerrag@leviguerrag5 жыл бұрын
    • *spot on*

      @AlqGo@AlqGo5 жыл бұрын
    • Oh yeah!

      @saultube44@saultube445 жыл бұрын
    • YES!

      @chrisbowen1987@chrisbowen19875 жыл бұрын
    • Ricky Gervais as the guy interviewing him here

      @j1mmyZeta@j1mmyZeta5 жыл бұрын
  • This man is so optimized... Doesn't move his jaw when he talk.. . . . .

    @vinaytanwar7840@vinaytanwar78404 жыл бұрын
    • yeah, cz that's unnecessary loss of energy 😂

      @yasirsaheed@yasirsaheed4 жыл бұрын
    • Vinay Tanwar 😂😂😂😂

      @xTenzSlays@xTenzSlays4 жыл бұрын
    • He's a born ventriloquist.

      @sketchur@sketchur4 жыл бұрын
    • Ugh who has a jaw anyway? bloat

      @KingJellyfishII@KingJellyfishII4 жыл бұрын
    • @@sketchur lol legend

      @ALo_Imperator@ALo_Imperator4 жыл бұрын
  • He is the most humble person I've seen in years, such a simple personality full of passion and none of the greed, especially greed. I like how he says "I'm doing fine, and thats enough" when was asked about other people making worlds money with his contribution to technology. A man that cannot get corrupted by money is the thing people should get inspired by. I'd be honored to share a couple teas with him.

    @bekirkl4658@bekirkl46582 жыл бұрын
    • I keep seeing people say he is famously unhumble but I can’t really see any of that

      @koli4213@koli42133 ай бұрын
  • His kernel that he write at age 22 powered my phones, my travels laptop and many others absolutely amazing, thank you Linus Torvalds

    @cheeseman9511@cheeseman95112 жыл бұрын
  • He hates giving talks but he's so good at it.

    @GreenHatPIrate@GreenHatPIrate5 жыл бұрын
    • Agreed, many types the geeks are true antisocial inept personalities. But he's not at all. He's very knowledgeable in a lot of areas

      @mrmotofy@mrmotofy4 жыл бұрын
    • He hates giving talks and that's why he's so good at it.

      @MrYungilike@MrYungilike4 жыл бұрын
    • He hates practically everything.

      @ih8tusernam3s@ih8tusernam3s4 жыл бұрын
    • what is funny that linus only wrote the core of linux everything else as been written by the members of the opensource community. That does makes linus a genious at all ... That does not prooves that linus have a programming talent ... That only prooves that he as been strategically and commercially present to aggretate the talent of guys in the opensource community who wrote the LINUX. Linux is not the product of linux torvalds, linux is the product of somes genious in this opensource community ! So lets put some justice here !

      @phillipekonamoudjan1752@phillipekonamoudjan17524 жыл бұрын
    • I learned git a month ago and I love it. It’s incredibly robust and well designed.

      @spaceowl5957@spaceowl59574 жыл бұрын
  • "I am not a visionary, i do not have a five year plan, i’m an engineer. I am perfectly fine with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds and looking at the stars and say, i want to go there but i am looking at the ground and i want to fix the pot-hole that’s right in front of me before i fall in." -Linus Torvalds #LinusTorvalds #linux

    @csandreas1@csandreas15 жыл бұрын
    • This one is my favorite, too. 😆

      @laserquant@laserquant4 жыл бұрын
    • csandreas1 One of my favorite. statements in the whole talk.

      @muzkore@muzkore4 жыл бұрын
    • csandreas1 those looking at the stars were called “philosopher”.

      @ElaineShi-cn@ElaineShi-cn3 жыл бұрын
    • @@ElaineShi-cn or elon musk

      @bimoguntur3440@bimoguntur34403 жыл бұрын
    • -MICHAEL SCOTT

      @pedrogonzalez5590@pedrogonzalez55903 жыл бұрын
  • “I’m perfectly happy with people looking at the stars and saying ‘I want to go there’ but I’m an engineer. I’m looking at the ground and I want to fix the potholes right in front of me before I fall in” - Linus Torvaldes Although he said he’s not a people person like a zillion times, I feel I can listen to this genius all day

    @jatinsw1128@jatinsw11282 жыл бұрын
  • It's really interesting how Linus realized that, even being a strongly self-centered introvert, his projects could only grow up if he let other people join in. No matter how good you are at something, even if you're a genius: you'll need a lot of other people to make things work. I've seen this myself throughout life. Many of friends are brilliant in what they do, but not exceptionally recognized for that, professionally and financially speaking. On the other hand, the most successeful people are usually the ones who know how to deal with others and make them work together. Nowadays we're taught to work hard on ourselves, study overnight, acquire knowledge, learn loads of stuff, practice everyday and be as individually productive as humanly possible. But I hardly see anybody talking about how important it is to build relationships, be in touch with your team, find ways to cooperate and help each other. And Linus's example here is that it doesn't even mean you have to be an outgoing person or even be friends with anybody: you can find your own way to deal with that. Amazing interview!

    @user-qg5bl2kt7u@user-qg5bl2kt7u Жыл бұрын
    • lol come on man! you can't change a true introvert into a social butterfly. They will only put up with others for so long until they will get exhausted.

      @caleb7799@caleb7799 Жыл бұрын
    • @@caleb7799 But good ones can delegate tasks they are not interested in

      @dmitripogosian5084@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын
    • People are Annoy

      @Moodboard39@Moodboard398 ай бұрын
    • U trust everyone? Dude, get out of here

      @Moodboard39@Moodboard398 ай бұрын
  • He is doing work from home since the 90's

    @shubhamsehgal2336@shubhamsehgal23363 жыл бұрын
    • Way ahead of the current time 😂😂

      @satishbamal8447@satishbamal84473 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂

      @StreetSmrtNtrmt@StreetSmrtNtrmt2 жыл бұрын
  • This guy was so pissed off by Microsoft and Apple, he made his own operating system. Madlad level 100.

    @cmdrtianyilin8107@cmdrtianyilin81074 жыл бұрын
    • Linux is not an operating system

      @goochcatcher@goochcatcher4 жыл бұрын
    • @@goochcatcher please elaborate.

      @Tornn222@Tornn2224 жыл бұрын
    • @@Tornn222 Linux is a kernel

      @tymehagenbeek5129@tymehagenbeek51294 жыл бұрын
    • No, he made Linux because MInix wasn't free.

      @OlaFosheimGrstad@OlaFosheimGrstad4 жыл бұрын
    • @@OlaFosheimGrstad He made it because he didn't believe in few companies controlling everything!

      @RP-kr2mg@RP-kr2mg4 жыл бұрын
  • What is amazing is my dad has worked with Linus Torvalds on a lot of the Linux and Git Projects. I mean half of the Suse Code is by my dad as he worked with the group on the original ideas.

    @samgray49@samgray492 жыл бұрын
    • How would your dad describe him? Is he the humblest guy i think or is it true that when Linus says "sometimes I'm not a nice person" ? Is he any frustrating to talk or work with?

      @bekirkl4658@bekirkl46582 жыл бұрын
    • thank your dad for helping provide to such a amazing project !

      @maxfpsoffset@maxfpsoffset2 жыл бұрын
    • damn you have Linux in your blood...

      @binku09@binku092 жыл бұрын
    • big thank you to your dad.

      @jesseclutterbuck6617@jesseclutterbuck6617 Жыл бұрын
    • Who is your dad? (just out of curiosity)

      @karimmanaouil7278@karimmanaouil7278 Жыл бұрын
  • I've watched a few videos with Linus. What I appreciate, is he doesn't mince words, he says what's on his mind, and calls it as he sees it. He doesn't have to be "nice".

    @robertmaxa6631@robertmaxa66313 жыл бұрын
    • That just politely saying he is quite a nasty guy to work with. and that he is.

      @TheEddie581@TheEddie5812 жыл бұрын
    • He doesn't need to be nice and, apparently, neither the OSes derived from his work... Explains the fucking mess of linux.

      @TheUltimateBlooper@TheUltimateBlooper2 жыл бұрын
    • ​@@TheEddie581Ah yes, the usual hate speech based on nothing and that tries to put words in other’s mouths

      @logictom7254@logictom72543 ай бұрын
  • Notice how he just walks away in the end when the crowd give him a standing ovation, shows how much he's not interested in glory

    @NourArt02@NourArt023 жыл бұрын
    • He was probable thinking: "Glad that is over"

      @hds66nl29@hds66nl293 жыл бұрын
    • @@hds66nl29 lol

      @georgerabus9314@georgerabus93142 жыл бұрын
    • literally every non-people person

      @sorae42@sorae422 жыл бұрын
  • This guy has an exceptional integrity. An inspiration for those who are fed up with those arrogant, self-marketing, fake personality people.

    @uzirosen6767@uzirosen67673 жыл бұрын
  • He is a pure programmer. He is not a marketer like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Never forget that marketers are not the ones who change the world in a positive way. Thank you so much for the wonderful legacy you left to the world.

    @eroliron@eroliron Жыл бұрын
  • "I am not a visionary people. I do not have a five-year plan. I am an engineer. I am perfectly happy with all the people walking around, staring at the clouds, and looking at the stars, saying "I want to go there". But I am looking at the ground and I want to fix the pothole that's right in front of me before I fall in. This is the kind of person I am."

    @derrylab@derrylab2 жыл бұрын
  • "Don´t get me wrong, I actually do not like people"

    @muelleer@muelleer4 жыл бұрын
    • 🤣🤣🤣

      @TarebossT@TarebossT4 жыл бұрын
    • He words come difficult to autistic person - maybe he means I am uncomfortable with people - don't want them near me

      @mvuselelo8917@mvuselelo89174 жыл бұрын
    • Introvert

      @bayuplay10@bayuplay103 жыл бұрын
    • Mvuselelo Makhathini or maybe English is his third language. He’s translating to English with nuances ingrained in other languages and culture. One good example is translating any proverbs to other languages, there’s the cultural background to translate too, it might not possible be as a word by word translation to relay the whole context and meaning.

      @nadrile@nadrile3 жыл бұрын
    • @@nadrile Pretty sure he just meant that he doesn't like people, perfectly understandable if you ask me. Also, he's Finnish, I'm Norwegian, in Scandinavian countries it's common to just say what you mean without all the courtesy phrasing some English speaking countries use. If we say "I don't like people" that means we don't like people and are not looking to change our minds about it, very straight forward and uncomplicated. Linus has no problem with the language barrier as he's very used to communicating in English. So I think you guys are just picking up on the cultural difference that we tend to think courtesy phrasing and polite small talk is dishonest and therefore the opposite of courteous, if you don't like us and don't want to talk to us we want you to tell us and not pretend like you do and waste our time.

      @daniel4647@daniel46473 жыл бұрын
  • @ 17:08 "I’m perfectly happy with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds and looking at the stars and saying, “I want to go there,” but I’m looking at the ground and I want to fix the pothole that’s right in front of me before I fall in. This is the kind of person I am" Aristotle gives his thanks.

    @zadeh79@zadeh795 жыл бұрын
    • Word!!

      @RaginYak@RaginYak4 жыл бұрын
    • love that

      @KTRAY@KTRAY4 жыл бұрын
  • Man...that was brutal! especially at the end where’s he’s like, “well you’re not a visionary so you can’t decide”

    @Shirley-by4ty@Shirley-by4ty2 жыл бұрын
  • "Not all heroes wear capes", this guy is a superhero in the software world

    @simoxu3286@simoxu3286 Жыл бұрын
    • He wears a bathrobe

      @nirv@nirv Жыл бұрын
  • "If I was stranded on an island and the only way to get out is making a pretty UI. I would die there", Same and True.

    @valen8560@valen85604 жыл бұрын
    • Lol yes

      @ekremdincel1505@ekremdincel15054 жыл бұрын
    • Not a coder- barely have handle on HTML, XML and CSS- nearly fell out of my desk chair laughing.

      @LeslieLanagan@LeslieLanagan4 жыл бұрын
    • Nuno Pinheiro would get out instantly

      @eE-nc6jj@eE-nc6jj3 жыл бұрын
  • I want this man live 1000 years, the world needs him.

    @IPear@IPear3 жыл бұрын
    • Servers* need him. Normal people like other things, like "UI" and "things working out of the box"...the little luxuries :)

      @TheUltimateBlooper@TheUltimateBlooper2 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheUltimateBlooper ahahhaahah

      @IPear@IPear2 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheUltimateBlooper and normal people use what to connect between them?

      @ta_pegandofogo2988@ta_pegandofogo2988 Жыл бұрын
  • There is no way to hate Linus even though he has yelled at us so many times in forums because que asked something silly. This guy is a living fucking legend and should get much more attention for everything his work has allowed us to achieve.

    @anewmanvs@anewmanvs2 жыл бұрын
    • I would feel honored to be yelled at by Linus. 😁

      @TheTruthKiwi@TheTruthKiwi3 ай бұрын
    • The fact that he's in the forums at all screaming at people is already lovely. He could have retired, gone filthy rich etc.

      @dacueba-games@dacueba-games2 ай бұрын
    • @@dacueba-games He could easily just create his own optimized distro charge a sub for it and make a fortune. He wouldn't even have to charge much.

      @TheTruthKiwi@TheTruthKiwi2 ай бұрын
  • literally where would we be without this guy? i couldn't even imagine how massively different things would be.

    @ImHeadshotSniper@ImHeadshotSniper Жыл бұрын
  • Timestamps: 00:13 - on Linux world headquoters (about organisation of calm workspace) 02:15 - on open-source (getting reviews of your code; interacring with other people) 06:08 - how Linux became a huge project 07:12 - role of Linus in Git 09:09 - Linus' character 14:18 - good taste in coding (rewriting programs to remove special cases) 16:39 - "I am not visionary, I am an engineer" 17:25 - on Tesla vs Edisson 18:50 - on why Linus doesn't bother, about other companies making millions of dollars 19:30 - about if Open-source idea fully realised in the world

    @andrewsquest8901@andrewsquest89014 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you man, the developer is a fucking genius, but he can't express himself very fluently as the interviewer does. And since I'm not a native speaker this timelapse helps me to get the idea of the interview

      @kbjosekiller@kbjosekiller3 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks!!!!!!

      @Rohit-gc3kd@Rohit-gc3kd3 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you

      @karl711@karl7113 жыл бұрын
    • Can I headquote you from my headquarters? Is interacring what farmers do to their land?

      @toriless@toriless3 жыл бұрын
    • thanks for this man!

      @NicoVillanueva@NicoVillanueva3 жыл бұрын
  • He looks so uncomfortable out in public, yet sticks it out make a great and inspiring talk. And you could tell he'd rather be anywhere than talking in public right now. I recall that feeling. Still a legend

    @TheZeroAssassin@TheZeroAssassin4 жыл бұрын
  • A humble genius that does not strive for publicity! Thank you, Mr. Linus Torvalds, for propelling the technological evolution and brought us to another level with your brilliant work!

    @nertoni@nertoni3 жыл бұрын
  • Today I learned his name. Forever it will be engraved in my memory. He is a legend, a mostly unknown legend.

    @vipergx@vipergx2 жыл бұрын
    • I agree but probably don't judge too early

      @polymorphicprocrastination5345@polymorphicprocrastination53452 жыл бұрын
  • Linux is great, Git is fantastic, Linus is the man.

    @tensevo@tensevo6 жыл бұрын
  • The real boss.linus should be given Nobel prize..for his contribution

    @krishnaKavoor@krishnaKavoor5 жыл бұрын
    • no really just no...

      @kenmeade9924@kenmeade99245 жыл бұрын
    • Yes I agree that Linus should get a Nobel prize. He is headstrong, yet selfless! He designs much better software than I thought! The example in this TED talk of bad code vs good code, totally makes sense. The if statement just makes the code more complex with extra processing and not enough documentation! The good code, the one he said had good taste, was much harder to envision but much more elegant and simplified which would reduce the processing, of the CPU, maybe to 50% to 75% of the processing time. And it had much better documentation! Linus's interview on TED talks, this video, makes me very much want to use Linux as my primary software! I want to know which Linux Distro he uses, and which one he recommends! I've used Linux before, from 2008 to 2012. Ubuntu. But when Debian incorporated FreeBSD Software I did not want to be with Debian based Distros anymore. I still don't want to be with FreeBSD Related software because it has a Demon as it's mascot, and that Daemon looks like a young devil. Which I totally do not like at all. I want to be with Heaven On Earth, and God, and Jesus, and Angels, not the devil. Which makes me wonder why there are Daemons in the Linux Distros. Could Linus and a dedicated group engineer those Demons into Angels instead, if they are good demons? Please let me know? And hopefully Linus will read this comment someday! He is a great man who gave away his possible copyright to allow for Free and Open Source software! Thank-you very much Linus! Christ Chalmers 2019 April 4 Thursday 6:14pm.

      @christchalmers2919@christchalmers29195 жыл бұрын
    • Damn right

      @raula.6072@raula.60724 жыл бұрын
    • @@christchalmers2919 Damn! The way you connected that is beautiful! More power to Angels xD

      @sidrockx95@sidrockx954 жыл бұрын
    • Nobel prize, really? There is no a Nobel prize to something like technology or programming. What he should be given, probably, is the Turing Prize.

      @estebanmendiola9364@estebanmendiola93644 жыл бұрын
  • I recently got into Linux in my computer systems engineering program. Understanding what it finally is and hearing the developer himself talk about it is amazing.

    @Lexyvil@Lexyvil Жыл бұрын
  • I really liked how he said that the building-up of the project wasn't people contributing code, but ideas. It is one thing to slap a wall of code text and expect everyone to deconstruct it line by line, method by method, package by package. It is another thing to post, "Wait, what if we added this __" and then demonstrate it using a diagram and supplementary code, if necessary and ready. It introduces tools and strategies in a higher-level point of view that actually stimulates collaboration and idea-sharing.

    @nafisasabah4051@nafisasabah40512 жыл бұрын
  • While we harp about Steve Job and Elon Musk, its people like Linus Trovald whose work will really impact the world in the long run....

    @sandeepvk@sandeepvk5 жыл бұрын
    • Uhh how? No steve means no popularization of GUI. No PC domination.

      @fmartin59@fmartin595 жыл бұрын
    • @@fmartin59 Wrong. Steve jobs did no coding. Steve wozniak is the engineer behind apple.

      @dragonvarine7553@dragonvarine75535 жыл бұрын
    • Just like Linus implied, different types of people are necessary. Both Wozniak and Jobs were necessary to make Apple a success because they both had skills that helped the company grow. We should not put people below other people just because we value their work less

      @Lime-ne3fd@Lime-ne3fd5 жыл бұрын
    • Dragonvarine Did you ever read the book? Jobs was pretty important for the first GUI iteration. He may not have done coding work on it at that time, but why is that relev?

      @fmartin59@fmartin595 жыл бұрын
    • Amen

      @AbdulKarim-fs5iw@AbdulKarim-fs5iw5 жыл бұрын
  • Linus brings up a point that I wish more people trying to get into programming miss, which is that the best way to make something great is to make something that is useful to you, that you need, if there is something you wish your computer could do then make that.

    @MyAce8@MyAce88 жыл бұрын
    • +Ace shinigami This is true to pretty much any breakthrough business.

      @akilumanga@akilumanga8 жыл бұрын
    • I wish my computer could fly to Mars and teleport me there ;-) What programming languages should i start learning to make that?

      @mortenrobinson@mortenrobinson6 жыл бұрын
    • Python and learn math. We need applied math to do what you said. There is also Kip Thorne's method, but that's expensive.

      @iansmith5009@iansmith50095 жыл бұрын
    • @@mortenrobinson Yeah you can, Maybe if you learn a lot and waste millions making that, you will can make that

      @darltrash@darltrash5 жыл бұрын
    • As Anne Lamott said, "write the book you need to read."

      @LeslieLanagan@LeslieLanagan4 жыл бұрын
  • My goodness! The pointer operations in the 2nd example are just mind-blowing!!

    @QuaziAshfaqurRahman@QuaziAshfaqurRahman3 жыл бұрын
  • Real Legend in Software industry , I couldn't image the web without Linux running on the servers, and the most used piece of technology in Software engineering , i.e, Git also originally authorized by this man.

    @montugohain48@montugohain48 Жыл бұрын
  • I realized about halfway through the necessity of this being an interview as opposed to a talk. I'm really impressed by this guys mind.

    @jred7@jred78 жыл бұрын
    • ***** Well get over yourself. Did you come here to hear Linus, or troll for comments?

      @jred7@jred78 жыл бұрын
    • its Linus...he hates media and exposure...if he wasn't asked questions he will not even talk hhh... not a people person as he kept sayin

      @beatemprod@beatemprod7 жыл бұрын
    • I think Linus does public speaking well on interviews rather than talks. Now that I think about it, I haven't watched a video of him giving a talk yet. Either way, hearing Linus' opinions is valuable in itself.

      @ptcarino@ptcarino7 жыл бұрын
    • What mind? He Just Wrote it Out of the Language! Making CODE Profanity!

      @uspowerbase@uspowerbase6 жыл бұрын
    • It's kinda amazing that "not a people person" made an OS for the people, not for profit.

      @PKM1010@PKM10106 жыл бұрын
  • Rumor has it that Bill Gates has nightmares with Linus and an army of penguins.

    @AI-ec2qb@AI-ec2qb3 жыл бұрын
    • and those penguins capture him, gave him an apple to eat, leaving him stranded in a, wait for it, a windowless room..

      @shamikpal4449@shamikpal44493 жыл бұрын
    • @@shamikpal4449 take my like r/angryupvote

      @excaliber2845@excaliber28453 жыл бұрын
    • "So git is my second big project which is only created to maintain my first big project." echo "This guy is truly an inspiration";

      @binhtang4967@binhtang49673 жыл бұрын
    • And Putin as well

      @nensysilvi@nensysilvi3 жыл бұрын
    • That’s literally my wallpaper. Linux is just so amazing and fun for some reason

      @bobspacon@bobspacon3 жыл бұрын
  • Interviewer shouldn't really say he's stubborn. He has perseverance, grit and and unmatched passion for his work.

    @sonicdagreat426@sonicdagreat4263 жыл бұрын
  • This man truly inspired millions of people in the world and changed the lives of billions. Im sure even after 10.000 years later, he will be remembered for what he did for the world.

    @bobbogenie7235@bobbogenie7235 Жыл бұрын
  • The man who hates other people brought people closer together, just think about that.

    @rawriclark@rawriclark5 жыл бұрын
    • but his intention was not that... and even he did not want that as well... it happened somehow!! due to some "commercial people"

      @arm-pr2ki@arm-pr2ki5 жыл бұрын
    • Well, you can say it was a bug then became main feature

      @tmcode2010@tmcode20104 жыл бұрын
    • @@tmcode2010 lmao

      @sevos6359@sevos63594 жыл бұрын
    • @@tmcode2010 Nailed it!

      @danielperico2806@danielperico28064 жыл бұрын
    • To me, I remember him saying: "I don't really like other people" which has a different meaning than what you wrote. And I believe his real words make your statement more powerful.

      @jerome_g@jerome_g4 жыл бұрын
  • "There are even people who name their companies after him" Killed me 😂😂

    @raula.6072@raula.60724 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, Mr batteries.

      @toriless@toriless3 жыл бұрын
    • Micro and soft mr bill gates p*n*s 😂

      @sharad104b@sharad104b3 жыл бұрын
  • i am now just in love with Linux and Linus. I am very much inspired from u sir. Love From India.

    @dhrubajitchakravarty54@dhrubajitchakravarty542 жыл бұрын
  • He is the hero of our time ! Many IT fathers name their kids after him.

    @funny-video-YouTube-channel@funny-video-YouTube-channel6 жыл бұрын
    • What? I'm going to name my kid Intel or Nvidia

      @JR-mk6ow@JR-mk6ow6 жыл бұрын
    • Joao Rocha - If i were your neighbor i'd call my kid AMD just to see how that relationship turns out.

      @HaakonHawk@HaakonHawk6 жыл бұрын
    • Just don't name him/her Vista

      @lammiles5348@lammiles53486 жыл бұрын
    • you should name your kid with Newell or Valve? . . . . . for get UNLIMITED FREE STEAM WALLET XD

      @yalsonnoorcahayapratama3775@yalsonnoorcahayapratama37756 жыл бұрын
    • Which name do they name the children most, Linus or Torvalds?

      @musasamwel8250@musasamwel82506 жыл бұрын
  • "I don't really like other people." - This is the most finnish thing he could have said :D plus he works in IT ^^

    @gaggi123@gaggi1237 жыл бұрын
    • If you work in IT support you rapidly come to hate both computers and people.

      @bdf2718@bdf27187 жыл бұрын
    • bdf2718 Yes, I can agree!

      @gaggi123@gaggi1237 жыл бұрын
    • The most common computer problem is between the monitor and the chair...

      @Tuleele@Tuleele7 жыл бұрын
    • Jonathan De Jesus do you mean the desk?

      @armelfrancois7009@armelfrancois70097 жыл бұрын
    • The user...

      @Tuleele@Tuleele7 жыл бұрын
  • The interesting thing is, that this man changed the I.T world forever(for the better obviously), and yet very few people know who he is, but everybody knows Jobs (no disrespect, also a genius) who technically didn't create anything :D

    @stanislavidalgo3661@stanislavidalgo36613 жыл бұрын
  • working with linux since 1999, thank Linus.. you are amazing ❤️❤️❤️

    @kafelinux@kafelinux2 жыл бұрын
  • My 7+ year old laptop still works in a descent manner just because of Linux OS. Thank you so much for developing something that helps many. Especially for those who can't afford super computing specs.

    @pranadpdh4043@pranadpdh40433 жыл бұрын
    • My desktop is from 2007, so 16 years old. And still runs fully updated Gentoo

      @dmitripogosian5084@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын
    • 2011, xubuntu.

      @dean-543@dean-5437 ай бұрын
    • I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

      @dacueba-games@dacueba-games2 ай бұрын
  • his work is oxygen to lots of IT professional, Governments, and Companies

    @vinaypandey9303@vinaypandey93034 жыл бұрын
    • @john doe actually carbon dioxide is not poisonous. Carbon monoxide is. Carbon dioxide just acts as a greenhouse gas causing global warming.

      @manavmohata1240@manavmohata12404 жыл бұрын
  • This video somehow makes me aim higher in life. Thank you, Mr. Torvalds!

    @udaypradhan4647@udaypradhan46473 жыл бұрын
  • He is much more humble and greater than Edison I feel. He somehow had courage to acknowledge and respect both without degrading Tesla or Edison, and boldly said he is more like Edison, without caring about people...

    @chummidixit6433@chummidixit64332 жыл бұрын
  • What a brilliant idea to have a really smart interviewer to prompt and moderate the usually reticent Linus Torvald. It brought out some different aspects of his personality, and where he's coming from, and made it quite enjoyable to listen to him without his ego getting so much in the way. I came away from this TED Talk appreciating much more Torvalds contributions to the world as it is today.

    @DataSmithy@DataSmithy5 жыл бұрын
  • Webservers, supercomputers, industrial robotics, driverless cars, smartphones, stock exchanges (NASDAQ/NYSE/CMX/DBG), the international space station, etc. are all running some form of the Linux kernel. A Finnish nerd has taken over the world.

    @rock3tcatU233@rock3tcatU2337 жыл бұрын
    • ⵔⵓⴽⴰⵜⴽⴰⵜ That is the strangest sentence I've read in my life

      @hanro50@hanro506 жыл бұрын
    • Unix kernel.

      @headcrab4090@headcrab40906 жыл бұрын
    • You're absolutely right. If the companies would only go for the most advanced and technical superior product, the chances are high that most of them would be made proprietary. But they don't, the care about the software being free, alowing them to openly coloborate, adjust things as they need it and share their achievements with others. Being Free is the most important attribute in nowaday's UNIX world. Richard Stallman did important work for the community to realize that.

      @EldunMcLayan@EldunMcLayan5 жыл бұрын
    • And trump want to send back all international people back to their homes. hmm, let me think.

      @LetsBeHuman@LetsBeHuman5 жыл бұрын
    • Wow

      @reonero958@reonero9585 жыл бұрын
  • I love how he embodies the stereotype of a nerd he’s bad at expressing him self but a genius that is able to do anything

    @tanker7757@tanker775711 ай бұрын
  • As a formal „Computer-Legasthenic“ on Pill Gates device for decades, since one year I‘m proud to announce that I’m comfortable on using Linux Cinnamon Mont very well. 🤩 Thank you sooo much 💐

    @maya_unplugged@maya_unplugged Жыл бұрын
  • The first guy to not hold an imaginary box on TED

    @aaroncaralho2599@aaroncaralho25998 жыл бұрын
    • I think that he was referring about the ideas behind the people who went in Ted. Most of them are utopias.

      @feather8814@feather88147 жыл бұрын
    • could mean multiple tings. I'm guessing the "anti-visionary" perspective. However, you could also be talking about not giving speeches with their hands... hahahaha.

      @sneakeyboard8305@sneakeyboard83057 жыл бұрын
    • You mean jam jar?

      @Elfcheg@Elfcheg7 жыл бұрын
    • Inname Of no, he's referring to the mannerisms many public speakers do. namely throw forth both their hands as if they are holding a box

      @mikecrapse5285@mikecrapse52857 жыл бұрын
    • Cannot unsee! Thank you.

      @killax1000@killax10007 жыл бұрын
  • Can I just say that git is one of the best, most ingenious pieces of software ever written.

    @Gukslaven@Gukslaven8 жыл бұрын
    • Ya but working with it is like smashing your nuts with a hammer and then jumping up and down on them

      @aegisgfx@aegisgfx5 жыл бұрын
    • Only sometimes........

      @taybroski5718@taybroski57185 жыл бұрын
    • @@aegisgfx nope. Git is fine. Much better than the alternatives. This is the only reason why it is widely adopted....

      @zauxst@zauxst5 жыл бұрын
    • Yes sir, you totally can.

      @mathiashls@mathiashls5 жыл бұрын
    • @@aegisgfx, for the end user it's not nearly as bad as WinDO$.

      @JoeLinux2000@JoeLinux20005 жыл бұрын
  • I loved this talk, and felt I relate to a lot. Way to go Linus-stick to what works, and build what you want to build

    @eccentricOrange@eccentricOrange3 жыл бұрын
    • Where did he say that

      @bunnyff-kl8px@bunnyff-kl8px10 ай бұрын
  • He is a silent guardian, a watchful protector "The Dark Knight" of Computers

    @triplekillerable@triplekillerable2 жыл бұрын
    • He's the hero we deserve, the hero we need right now.

      @RadityaNugraheni2405@RadityaNugraheni24052 жыл бұрын
  • “I’m perfectly happy with the people that walk around and look at clouds and the stars and say “I want to be there”, but I’m the one that’s looking at the ground and thinking “I’m going to fix that pot hole” So much to be learned from Linus, amazing.

    @mistybeats1368@mistybeats13685 жыл бұрын
  • And yet most companies now think software engineers should work in an open collaborative environment surrounded by noise and distractions.

    @ryanbray7812@ryanbray78128 жыл бұрын
    • Ryan Bray Yes - this too is a myopia, but of the mind; assuming that others do or should think the same way you do, and to do otherwise is a problem or even a disease/malfunction.

      @mduckernz@mduckernz7 жыл бұрын
    • +Ryan Bray - This really id the dumbest paradigm shift given that programming is dominated by introverts (and for good reason).

      @soutpielsanchez1574@soutpielsanchez15746 жыл бұрын
    • wartime

      @russellabraham9208@russellabraham92086 жыл бұрын
    • All developers are different. You might prefer to work alone in a quiet environment while some other developers would prefer working in a crowded environment full of innovation and ideas.

      @leoerdos8414@leoerdos84145 жыл бұрын
    • Ryan Bray humans are social animals, most humans work better with others, Linus, you, me, and many others might not work well with others, but most people do!

      @donkey7921@donkey79215 жыл бұрын
  • The most underrated tech person in the era of computer.

    @jonjon5997@jonjon59979 ай бұрын
  • Linus is probably the most influential single person in the world today, to the daily life of each one of those people. At the same time easily the humblest person I've ever seen. It's obvious that his work makes up more of his personality and identity than anything else even comes close. As Dalai Lama is a political ideology running on the platform of a human being, Linus is a System Management Tool. With open source he has even created a platform to ensure his immortality. In that breath it's important that we steward his legacy carefully and faithfully.

    @nylarnameless1759@nylarnameless17592 жыл бұрын
  • That guy is absolutely awesome! So great that you do not just show off the flashy extroverts with fancy presentations, but also have a man that makes calling yourself a nerd a badge of honour. And just how he uses an example of actually code (makes no sense to me), instead of only making sure that everyone in the word can understand it, makes me even more want to learn to code (when I have the time...). Thank you.

    @PotatoBearRawr@PotatoBearRawr8 жыл бұрын
    • The second linked list remove() implementation can be understood with a good grasp of pointers and referencing and dereferencing operators. & is the reference operator and gives you the address (pointer) to a variable in RAM, * is the dereference operator which reverses the process and accesses the data in a pointer. The beauty of the 2nd implementation is that it recognizes that the pointer to the head and the variable holding that pointer are one in the same and a change in data in one will change the data in the other, and thus there is no need to check if it's the head.

      @ElectricChaplain@ElectricChaplain8 жыл бұрын
  • "every single project I've ever coded has been something I needed"

    @ziggytonumaa@ziggytonumaa5 жыл бұрын
  • This man deserves some sort of award. In fact, a whole category of award should be created for this type of selfless work. Or is there already something like that?

    @NoobTube4148@NoobTube41482 жыл бұрын
  • The most striking quality is his brutal honesty, even towards himself! He is a real titan, and his work will undeniably live well beyond his lifetime! 🎉

    @dcpowered@dcpowered3 ай бұрын
  • This man is one of my personal heroes.

    @nevinzavell4207@nevinzavell42078 жыл бұрын
    • +Nevin Zavell Along with Linus Torvalds, also from Finland is Jarkko Oikarinen; the creator of IRC.

      @PassionGallery@PassionGallery8 жыл бұрын
    • Nevin Zavell There's also an 85% chance he hates your code

      @hanss3147@hanss31477 жыл бұрын
    • Hans S More then 85% mate.

      @nevinzavell4207@nevinzavell42077 жыл бұрын
    • Me too

      @jimstone3933@jimstone39336 жыл бұрын
    • I don't care how much of people person he is, I'd still give him a hug if I saw home in person.

      @MichaelChavezsf@MichaelChavezsf6 жыл бұрын
  • Not many people within the world of technology nowadays who act as utterly selfless as Linus, huge credit to the guy. If everybody could work like this we'd be superhumans in no time.

    @Sicaoisdead@Sicaoisdead4 жыл бұрын
    • The people we hear about are rarely true tech people themselves. Musk, Gates, Jobs, ... They are all businessmen! Maybe businessmen with some education and experience in a tech related field, but not one of them got rich because he did significant work at the technical level himself

      @mircopaul5259@mircopaul5259 Жыл бұрын
  • Great talk one of the best, really love the legendary discussion

    @prabhatakumarsahu6825@prabhatakumarsahu6825 Жыл бұрын
  • Maybe my fav TED ever. Such a genius... It is a real privilege being alive at the same time as this kind of people.

    @foketesz@foketesz10 ай бұрын
  • How refreshing to hear someone speak with honesty. Just imagine certain other well-known people doing that? Great talk...

    @ManicBard@ManicBard3 жыл бұрын
  • honesty, humility and integrity..

    @mudit5151@mudit51518 жыл бұрын
    • Logical Phallusy, nobody stole anything from the GNU project, and certainly not from their HURD codebase.

      @jasondoe2596@jasondoe25966 жыл бұрын
  • Chris Anderson is the perfect match for Linus, there couldn't have been any better interviewer, hands down.

    @arjednb@arjednb2 жыл бұрын
  • Linus Torvalds is so introverted his introversion led him to create the world's most influential Operating System and git.

    @abbiearcher4716@abbiearcher47166 ай бұрын
  • "I can't do UI to save my life" . . . It all makes sense

    @GhostkillerPlaysMC@GhostkillerPlaysMC4 жыл бұрын
    • What is ui?

      @burakayan3360@burakayan33602 жыл бұрын
    • Now we know

      @ComplexAce@ComplexAce2 жыл бұрын
    • @@burakayan3360 user interface

      @GhostkillerPlaysMC@GhostkillerPlaysMC2 жыл бұрын
    • 😂

      @hpsmash77@hpsmash772 жыл бұрын
    • this is so funny

      @fruitshishkabob@fruitshishkabob2 жыл бұрын
  • This man is the kind of person who would serve in any context of public society (administrative, judicial, political ...) -Good -Fair -Unselfish -Serene -Ambitious for himself and for the place where he lives ... damn, it would take more men like Linus Torvalds.

    @anon5366@anon53665 жыл бұрын
    • He is hardly serene at all times (he is not a people person)

      @XGD5layer@XGD5layer3 жыл бұрын
  • Can't believe such an introverted person created Git, the ultimate collaboration tool in IT.

    @aravinth.k@aravinth.k2 жыл бұрын
  • I loved the series of questions to him. Well thought out, and interesting

    @mikehibbett3301@mikehibbett330110 ай бұрын
  • "code either works or it doesn't". -- Someone who never did CSS before

    @TotallySD@TotallySD5 жыл бұрын
    • xD

      @17plus9@17plus94 жыл бұрын
    • it doesn't work UNTIL you work at it enough to get it to work; by then you will have your much deserved smirk!

      @CrimsonHelldrake@CrimsonHelldrake4 жыл бұрын
    • That was a beautiful poem... :')

      @HercoVanDyk@HercoVanDyk4 жыл бұрын
    • Herco - Enduro haha thanks

      @CrimsonHelldrake@CrimsonHelldrake4 жыл бұрын
    • That's because CSS is not code!

      @yasharpm@yasharpm4 жыл бұрын
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