Quotes

Linux Cookie 43

The truth is not free. It's that simple. If you change the truth, it is no
longer true - so the truth is not free!

— Jules Bean about freeness of documentation

Linux Cookie 42

Arnold's Laws of Documentation:
(1) If it should exist, it doesn't.
(2) If it does exist, it's out of date.
(3) Only documentation for useless programs transcends the
first two laws.

Linux Cookie 41

Do you mean to say that I can read mail with vi too? ;-)
Didn't you know that?
:r /var/spool/mail/jk

— Seen on #debian-mentors

Linux Cookie 40

Various documentation updates and bugfixes (the best way to know that a
stable kernel is approaching is to notice that somebody starts to
spellcheck the kernel - it has so far never failed)

— Linus Torvalds in the annoucement for pre-2.1.99-3

Linux Cookie 39

I expect that noone has objections. However, if I'd only add these entries
to the list because `I think it's the right thing to do', I'd get a lot of
flames afterwards :)

— Christian Schwarz

Linux Cookie 38

I've seen people with new children before, they go from ultra happy to
looking like something out of a zombie film in about a week.

— Alan Cox about Linus after his 2nd daughter

Linux Cookie 36

/*
* Buddy system. Hairy. You really aren't expected to understand this
*
*/

— From /usr/src/linux/mm/page_alloc.cA

Linux Cookie 37

Just go ahead and write your own multitasking multiuser os!
Worked for me all the times.

— Linus Torvalds

Linux Cookie 25

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| |-sshd---tcsh-+-dpkg-buildpacka---rules---sh---make---make---sh---make---sh---make---sh---make---sh---make---sh---make

— While packaging XFree86 for Debian GNU/Linux

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