Linus Torvalds
A modern world: the case for software freedom
It’s been proven time and time again that the strongest solutions come from ideas that are shared, reworked and iterated upon among groups of curious minds
Linus Torvalds dismisses 'anti-Microsoft stuff', claims Microsoft is now 'much friendlier' towards Linux
Microsoft first announced its love for Linux in 2015 shortly after Satya Nadella became CEO
Optional 'lockdown' security feature approved for Linux Kernel 5.4
The new feature will prevent high-privileged accounts from interfering with kernel code
From maverick to mainstream: why open source software is now indispensable for modern business
Older, more established ways of doing things simply don't measure up any longer
Linus Torvalds apologises for 'unprofessional' rants over Linux
Torvalds' blunt but entertaining emails likely to become a thing of the past
Linus Torvalds attacks AMD security report - claims security researchers 'look like clowns'
Linus Torvalds: AMD CPU security report is "garbage" and the security industry a "circus"
How open source software took over the world
Open source software now dominates vast swathes of computing
Linus Torvalds rejected security warnings about SHA1 in 2005
Free software evangelist John Gilmore to Torvalds in 2005: "SHA1 has been broken..."
ARM versus Intel? No contest, says Linus Torvalds
Intel x86 still Torvalds' "favourite architecture"
Torvalds goes ballistic over bug in freshly released Linux Kernel 4.8
"Yes, I'm grumpy," admits Torvalds
Linus Torvalds in expletive-ridden rant over comment syntax
Torvalds tipped over the edge by 'brain-damaged stupid' comments style
Backbytes: Open-source developers targeted in honeytraps, claims Eric Raymond
'Deliberately planned and persistent campaign to frame Linus and feed him to an outrage mob' - Raymond
The Linux Foundation: How to fix the internet
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, also says the future is basically a software-defined data centre, and concludes by saying open source developers are 'like poets'
Microsoft has quietly made its own version of Linux and it's called Azure Cloud Switch
A far cry from the Linux as 'cancer' days, Steve…
Microsoft may love Linux now, but can Hadoop vendors ever kiss and make up?
IT vendors commonly co-operate to standardise platforms these days, but Cloudera and MapR say a firm 'no' to Hortonworks' ODP collaboration
Backbytes: Everyone should learn to code? Don't be stupid, says Torvalds
Seriously, basic coding isn't like basic reading, writing and 'rithmatic, argues the Finnish genius
Linus Torvalds interview, part three: 'All my daughter wanted for Christmas was a polymerase chain reaction machine'
In the final part of a three-part interview, Linux creator and Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds talks about the new frontiers of technology - and the 'benefits' of his own 'cult of personality'
Linus Torvalds interview, part two: Linux and the future of computing
In the second part of a three-part interview, Linux creator and Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds talks about real-world Linux and looks into the future
Linus Torvalds interview, part one: From VIC-20 to Raspberry Pi
In the first part of a three-part interview, Linus Torvalds talks about how he got Linux off the ground, the 'marketing' of Linux and Raspberry Pi. First published in 2012.
'Abolish software patents,' says Linus Torvalds
'Broken' US system doles out bad patents, encouraging 'suicidal behaviour'