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Linus Anecdotes

nakedcodemonkey — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:39:05 -0800

"Oops. Now his master boot record started with 'ATDT' and the university modem pool phone number. I think he implemented permission checking the following day." Linus Torvald's former officemate shares his lighthearted recollections about the creation — and creator — of Linux.

moss — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:03:17 -0800

Linus doesn't hate Mac OS X after all. Contrary to what you may have heard, Linus Torvalds has said in an interview with LinuxWorld that he actually has nothing against Mac OS X--as some people here suspected, the original article seems to have been more aimed at creating controversy than at conveying information.

Brilliantcrank — Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:25:15 -0800

Linus no likey MacOS X Linus apparently doens't like the microkernal that X is based upon. Talk about details. Can't he just get over it and ooo and ahhh over the Aqua?
(side note: Yahoo claims that Linux Torvalds created Linux)

Foaf — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:53:35 -0800

"What If Linus Torvalds Gets Hit By A Bus?" - An Empirical Study
Every so often there's discussion as to what would happen to Linux if Linus was "hit by a bus". What a lot of people don't know is that it's already been sorted out.

holloway — Thu, 04 Jan 2001 18:48:52 -0800

Linux 2.4 is out. I guess it's not vaporware after all. [Linus's announcement email inside]