Linus Anecdotes

February 16, 2006 10:39 PM

"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.
posted by nakedcodemonkey (7 comments total)

A bit outdated, but it gets a digg from me.

Wait, where am I?
posted by Loudmax at 11:49 PM on February 16, 2006

Are all fins this humble?
posted by delmoi at 7:04 AM on February 17, 2006

Worth reading for the quote from Linus:

"Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it."

Thanks.
posted by blag at 7:23 AM on February 17, 2006

nice, thanks.
posted by sonofsamiam at 7:31 AM on February 17, 2006

Liked it.
posted by elderling at 8:46 AM on February 17, 2006

Boot and root. Those were the days.
posted by mmcg at 9:04 AM on February 17, 2006

I enjoyed reading this., although as a programmer, reading about Linus always makes me feel like a hack.
posted by anomie at 10:46 AM on February 17, 2006