Q&A with Linus Torvalds

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @zardinus1
    @zardinus1 6 років тому +185

    "If it's a bug that people rely on it's not a bug, it's a feature" Well said :)

    • @ar2000
      @ar2000 2 роки тому +6

      I feel like I saw this in a game...
      Minecraft and it's pistons

    • @ben.pueschel
      @ben.pueschel 11 місяців тому

      @@ar2000 Minecraft is actually a great example for this. The entire existence of the creeper was a bug, but removing it now would take away a lot of gameplay, so it's a feature now

  • @Lucid_Mask
    @Lucid_Mask 3 роки тому +33

    18:44 The reaction of the guy to the left for a question about systemd is priceless 😆😆😆

  • @carloschiquillo5726
    @carloschiquillo5726 20 днів тому +2

    The way he defends linux kernel, is the reason why linux is become so popular because it simply works right if the bat

  • @contytub
    @contytub 3 роки тому +34

    People keep failing to understand the differences between respect and politeness ... i can be polite by default but respect has to be earned ...

    • @a_p_vox
      @a_p_vox 3 роки тому +2

      Thanks for that remark! I've completely ignored the word "politeness" 😅

    • @DM_0X
      @DM_0X 3 роки тому +8

      I dont think he ignored it. He said he was abrasive and told people not to work with him if they dont like him. Just because that isnt enough for you doesnt mean he's wrong.

  • @progeda666
    @progeda666 4 місяці тому +3

    Respect should be given. Perfect

  • @dimensional7915
    @dimensional7915 3 роки тому +121

    Linus Torvalds: Valve will save the linux desktop
    Valve: annouces Steam deck in 2021 that runs on linux

    • @chupasaurus
      @chupasaurus Рік тому +8

      Since 2016 Valve worked with CodeWeavers, the main company behind the Wine project. This made a big impact right from the get-go because they've made DirectX 10&11 support in less than a year because Valve already had a tech to translate those APIs into OpenGL for Linux ports of their games.

  • @tarickw
    @tarickw 4 місяці тому +6

    it is nice seeing linus being able to learn and adapt.
    "This is my reality. I am not an emotionally empathetic kind of person and that probably doesn't come as a big surprise to anybody. Least of all me. The fact that I then misread people and don't realize (for years) how badly I've judged a situation and contributed to an unprofessional environment is not good.
    This week people in our community confronted me about my lifetime of not understanding emotions. My flippant attacks in emails have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal. In my quest for a better patch, this made sense to me. I know now this was not OK and I am truly sorry.
    The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey, I need to change some of my behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely."

  • @alexkiecker4175
    @alexkiecker4175 8 років тому +179

    I feel so dirty watching this on windows...

    • @alexkiecker4175
      @alexkiecker4175 8 років тому +6

      Thats better

    • @fleecky7011
      @fleecky7011 5 років тому +1

      Windows: I use Windows and i'm fine with it :) Linux: (Laughs in Linux)

    • @LoganT547
      @LoganT547 4 роки тому +1

      IMPOSTER! JK.

    • @gameradachi6347
      @gameradachi6347 3 роки тому +3

      @@LoganT547 THERE'S A IMPOSTOR AMONG US

    • @a_p_vox
      @a_p_vox 3 роки тому +1

      Thank goodness I watch this on Android 😄

  • @pajaf0341
    @pajaf0341 3 роки тому +31

    As on the TedEx Video, Torwalds mentioned taste. In German: »Geschmack«. I like, how he subverts the genius-cult without downplaying his ability. Actually, Mozart was talking a lot about »Geschmack« when teaching composition to youngsters. Good taste and hard work and being recognized plus the feedback loop effects, that's it. Impressive guy.

  • @MrJgohde
    @MrJgohde 8 років тому +23

    The year of the Linux Desktop (4:55), the major problem with Linux applications (5:59).

  • @moamenabdelkawy5718
    @moamenabdelkawy5718 3 роки тому +19

    I just love this man. Respect.

  • @PilliNagaVarshith23BPS113
    @PilliNagaVarshith23BPS113 4 місяці тому +4

    this guy literally changed the software world

  • @alexhunter0815
    @alexhunter0815 8 місяців тому +11

    2024 and Debian still feels like a nightmare

  • @bhaskary2362
    @bhaskary2362 3 роки тому +14

    Valve is finally releasing its own distro now on the steam deck, I don't know about the "its own binary" thingy but I'm glad that its finally happening.

    • @_framedlife
      @_framedlife 3 роки тому +4

      Valva has maintained their own distro for a while. They are rebasing it on arch instead of debian/ubuntu(?) That they previously used.

    • @chupasaurus
      @chupasaurus Рік тому

      @@_framedlife Alpha version of SteamOS was on Ubuntu, they've switched to Debian in beta until 3.0. Even though the alpha was quite short, they still gave away the perpetual Valve games package to all maintainers of Ubuntu at the time.

  • @SirMo
    @SirMo 3 роки тому +5

    This was great. Thank you for sharing!

  • @elha7982
    @elha7982 3 роки тому +23

    Wow, Tom Scott has gained some weight

  • @uasco-da-gama
    @uasco-da-gama 4 роки тому +26

    14:38 LMAO

    • @KegRaider
      @KegRaider 10 місяців тому +2

      The response was gold :D Haven't laughed so had in ages!

  • @nourway3639
    @nourway3639 2 роки тому +6

    And that was the last time debian invited linus again

  • @nichohells
    @nichohells 4 місяці тому +4

    15:19 This is EXACTLY what's happening to NixOS right now

  • @unucellply4221
    @unucellply4221 Рік тому +2

    5:13 for those who are learning English, it sounds like "don't aim" but Linus was reloading and I guess he meant "If I was given the option between Debian and ChromeOS, I would get into Chromebooks"

  • @electricimpulsetoprogramming
    @electricimpulsetoprogramming 3 роки тому +40

    "Respect should be earned and without being earned you don't get it"

    • @temudjin1155
      @temudjin1155 3 роки тому +5

      Best response. Pretty Nietzschean

    • @electricimpulsetoprogramming
      @electricimpulsetoprogramming 3 роки тому

      @@temudjin1155 That's what he said in this video, i just don't remember the exactly time.

    • @urinater
      @urinater 3 роки тому +4

      @@electricimpulsetoprogramming 18:14

    • @vetrixfx9264
      @vetrixfx9264 3 роки тому +8

      I believe that everyone should be treated with respect, but that you can lose your respect if you fuck up bad. but hey thats just my opinion

    • @totallyuniquelily0
      @totallyuniquelily0 3 роки тому +4

      @@vetrixfx9264 I agree, but I think there are different meanings of the word respect, or I guess types or levels of respect.
      So you can earn more respect, but generally you shouldn't be insulted from the get-go

  • @carloschiquillo5726
    @carloschiquillo5726 20 днів тому +1

    I wish I could tell the terminal, that it should treat me with respect when I type something and it doesn't get it😂

  • @wristocrat
    @wristocrat 2 роки тому +5

    The Steve Carrell of computer geniuses

  • @MrJason005
    @MrJason005 6 років тому +7

    there were a bunch of comments here, right? did they all get deleted?

  • @ThomasLeo
    @ThomasLeo 2 роки тому +4

    Too funny to a key speaker ad DebConf who doesn't like debian

  • @eeclarkutube
    @eeclarkutube 3 роки тому +11

    So with AppImage, Snap, and FlatPak….I guess his Linux binaries argument is lessened? Also, when are they going to cast Steve Carrell as Linus in the Linux movie?

    • @FLMKane
      @FLMKane 2 роки тому +3

      Dont forget Docker. It was pioneer in that development

    • @DoubleOhSilver
      @DoubleOhSilver 2 роки тому +2

      Snap is trash but the others do well at what they try to solve

    • @MrCed122
      @MrCed122 2 роки тому +2

      Well, it kinda helps, but also... it's still not ONE standard, it's three different standards that all work differently, aren't compatible with one another and each have their own problems (FlatPack isn''t available by default with every distribution (Ubuntu being the big one), the Snap Store is closed-source and is being maintained by Canonical, who have a tendency to kill their projects after a few years, and AppImage is mainly used with small, simpler applications, so you could argue it simply muddy the water even more. I'm also not that familiar with FlatPack, but Snap has big problems with accessing files from outside its "containers", I would guess FlatPack also have a similar problem.
      I think FlatPack and AppImage can coexist, but not as long as Ubuntu doesn't ship it by default since it's still the most popular distribution. That's probably only a question of time, people really dislike Snap and Canonical really angered their users by shipping a slow and unstable Firefox Snap in Ubuntu 22.04 (an LTS release), while preventing users to install a native version.

    • @eeclarkutube
      @eeclarkutube 2 роки тому

      @GeneralHub only theaters running Linux in the projection booth

  • @Sakari_369
    @Sakari_369 9 місяців тому +3

    Wow what suckers these guys, have some respect for the guy, not everyone can be nice when they have to write Linux code all day long, just to get your OS running so you can watch UA-cam on your phone without lag. ;-)

  • @FLMKane
    @FLMKane 2 роки тому +7

    Some of the audience was excessively passive aggressive in this video.

  • @BartekJuszczak
    @BartekJuszczak 3 роки тому +7

    It's interesting the point about UUID's.
    For my retail point of sale web app system I thought they were genius.
    It makes everything easier , the data structure is always just a parent has children and each thing is a unique ID.
    Then have a central store to retrieve data by UUID, which should have all the class fields serialized + any nested children as unique ID's.
    and everything also needs a 'type' like a class string.
    the advantage is then everything is the same. it's all children of parents and you check the type to see what to do with it . The front end is kind of done for you.. it's magical

    • @SirMo
      @SirMo 3 роки тому +11

      Linus works at a low level, where uuid is slow and inefficient in terms of space usage. It's also difficult to use at that level. So he probably hates it for that reason.

  • @18x9
    @18x9 10 місяців тому +1

    At 30:11, for solving the issue of having to write and maintain applications for each distro he said "you can solve it by linking everything statically and giving your own file system ... but you really have to do that right now" and goes onto explain why. Why don't more developers do this? Have any of you or someone you know done this, considered it, or gotten close / done something similar. Do you know any examples with more popular software? What did mean specifically by "but you really have to do that right now" and why is that the case?

  • @Rotceev
    @Rotceev 2 роки тому +4

    Oh my, I just realised how he is similar to Steve Carell. They both have similar awkwardness embracing kind of vis comica.

  • @JoyNUND
    @JoyNUND 3 роки тому +2

    I didn't realize when I became a tech nerd guy just by having an internet accesible device

  • @germancaperarojas4023
    @germancaperarojas4023 Рік тому +5

    Torvalds the highest payed software engineer on the planet.

  • @tjackson1210
    @tjackson1210 3 роки тому +7

    Not passing any judgement or endorsement of his heated comments to developers, but the transcripts are publicly available. Similar and worse happen behind closed doors with no scrutiny.

    • @DM_0X
      @DM_0X 3 роки тому +14

      I think people need to grow thicker skin and quit being so sensitive. Passionate people often are more expressive when angry than others.

  • @haxpor
    @haxpor Рік тому +10

    "Thick skin is a good thing to have"

  • @sheldonkerr
    @sheldonkerr 3 роки тому +44

    "I've seen some tech projects get so politically correct that they're no longer about the project." - It's seven years later and boy how that cancer spread.

    • @jocm99
      @jocm99 5 місяців тому

      Antix and Rust Foundation shaking to their core

  • @jakobw135
    @jakobw135 6 місяців тому +1

    Which HARDWARE is recommended and compatible with running Linux normally and even optimally?
    And which manufacturers should one STAY AWAY FROM with respect to Linux?

    • @MrZix44
      @MrZix44 5 місяців тому +1

      Avoid Nvidia if you're worried about running "optimally". Otherwise, amd and Intel cpus and amd gpus work perfectly well on Linux (don't know about Intel gpus, never used them before)

  • @viaantares
    @viaantares 11 місяців тому +2

    This dude is real life Michael Scott.

  • @riquiraysheriff9590
    @riquiraysheriff9590 2 роки тому +4

    Its hard to see sexy ,cute people in the tech world 😊

  • @guitar81sb
    @guitar81sb 7 років тому +7

    cross distro binary apps for Linux might have already arrived: flatpack and snap

    • @techzone2009
      @techzone2009 4 роки тому +7

      Appimage too....it is developed by Linus himself .... better than both

    • @BiologyIsHot
      @BiologyIsHot 3 роки тому +3

      Except when there's like 1000 it becomes gross bloat. Also for whatever reason it's very hit whether major things are available that way. Casually browsing the repositories looks like a cheap UA-camr promo.

    • @sayannandy876
      @sayannandy876 3 роки тому +3

      Snaps slow down everything, from the system to boot( I'd rather build from source than use that bloat) . Idk much about flatpacks. But appimages are good, with near-binary performance. But I still believe, like SystemD, there should be a universal packaging format. But I think it'll break a lot of things to implement this now.

    • @rchi12461
      @rchi12461 3 роки тому +3

      Snap is proprietary and spyware. Flat packs are fine. appimage is the best

    • @bunkyd
      @bunkyd 3 роки тому

      The FlatPak and Snap mentality is basically “package a mini distro with every app just so nothing breaks”. It means a simple Notepad application ends up being 200mb instead of 50kb.

  • @jamesb8305
    @jamesb8305 3 місяці тому +3

    Who is this guy? He looks and sounds like an older version of pewdiepie.

    • @KevinKlien97
      @KevinKlien97 Місяць тому

      They are both Swedish lol

    • @CJ123
      @CJ123 28 днів тому

      @@KevinKlien97hes finnish

    • @KevinKlien97
      @KevinKlien97 18 днів тому

      @@CJ123 you’re right, I must of misread his background ;)

  • @pakane24
    @pakane24 2 роки тому +3

    I have always disliked all the package managers crap too. Why does every single Bob the developer have to make his own stuff that barely works? It's stupid. It only segregates the binaries. And don't get me started on the dependencies.

  • @sammyvincent6701
    @sammyvincent6701 Рік тому +1

    Cannot think of a less charismatic man

  • @РодионЧаускин
    @РодионЧаускин Місяць тому +1

    Harris Kevin Harris Christopher Wilson Kevin

  • @Ali-wf9ef
    @Ali-wf9ef 3 роки тому +16

    The guy with xen project T-shirt was super annoying

  • @Adamthegeek70
    @Adamthegeek70 9 місяців тому +3

    I love Linus, and I have always thought the world needs to get thicker skin. The idea that it is ok to be so weak that other peoples words can break you. Baffles me and it is pathetic. Like Linus... I just don't care.

  • @techzone2009
    @techzone2009 4 роки тому +4

    Common in all software dev (including me)
    Over weight gain 😁😁😁

    • @shoebrux
      @shoebrux 4 місяці тому

      I pray I'll be different. I'll work on it too!

  • @therealchonk
    @therealchonk 3 роки тому +6

    What applies the most for open source: communism, socialism or capitalism.

    • @ergpopler413
      @ergpopler413 3 роки тому +11

      communism. Communally developed software which is made to benefit the collective rather than the individual, is developed without necessary monetary compensation and is ran by the developers rather than some big rich billionaire.

    • @therealchonk
      @therealchonk 3 роки тому +4

      @@ergpopler413 I know, I just wanted to see if someone would be stupid enough to answer with something else.

    • @AkashAgrahari92
      @AkashAgrahari92 3 роки тому +3

      @@therealchonk yay! you win!

    • @adamrezabek9469
      @adamrezabek9469 3 роки тому +15

      I would argue that it is also capitalism. People doing stuff they enjoy, while respecting property

    • @temudjin1155
      @temudjin1155 3 роки тому

      @@adamrezabek9469 agreed 100%

  • @Ali-wf9ef
    @Ali-wf9ef 3 роки тому +15

    Some people are such snowflakes, like he curses in emails, so what?

    • @FLMKane
      @FLMKane 2 роки тому +5

      Clearly they aren't gamers. They've never experienced COD flamewars.

  • @samc4531
    @samc4531 3 роки тому +13

    I dunno how Linus can talk about thick skin when he really can't be touched

  • @seankent1963
    @seankent1963 3 роки тому

    What am I watching?

  • @techzone2009
    @techzone2009 4 роки тому +4

    Stop making distribution ..just support one or two distro ...

    • @LoganT547
      @LoganT547 4 роки тому +22

      Linus doesn't make the distros, communities and companies do. The reason there's so many is because there's something for everyone and everyone has different tastes and needs.

    • @electricimpulsetoprogramming
      @electricimpulsetoprogramming 3 роки тому +5

      @@LoganT547 Well said.

    • @adamrezabek9469
      @adamrezabek9469 3 роки тому +16

      that's kinda like going to producer of flour and saying "stop making different breads. Just make one or two and make them properly"

  • @Obbliteration
    @Obbliteration Рік тому +2

    He calls himself abrasivebut he is simply a bad person that everyone must tolerste because of what he created. People like him get fired very fast as normal employees.

    • @Joe-uc9kf
      @Joe-uc9kf Рік тому +6

      In which way do you have to deal with Linus? Is your employer forcing you? Is there no other project for you to work on? Do you love the Linux kernel so much? Have you created something at your work place, which people should respect you for, at least a little bit?

    • @Obbliteration
      @Obbliteration Рік тому +1

      @@Joe-uc9kf I'm just making an assesment based on the endless opinions he has stated. It is very clear cut what he thinks because he says so himself.
      It like dr house basically an asshole everyone must tolerate because of his skill. I dont respect such people, just tolerate them.
      Also linus has already apologized for being like this. Took the bonehead long enough....

    • @Joe-uc9kf
      @Joe-uc9kf Рік тому +6

      @@Obbliteration He is no asshole at all. He just grew up with a different level of political correctness than is common nowadways. And I find people, who have no skill or ambition, but still demand respect, much more dangerous to the world than people like Linus, who bring the world forward.

    • @Obbliteration
      @Obbliteration Рік тому

      @@Joe-uc9kf What he does has nothing to do with political correctness. It is just rude and tactless.

    • @themole4534
      @themole4534 Рік тому

      Really? Of all the people, Linus toravalds...
      Well ... from my own perspective and those closest to me have seen for years from this man does not warrant him this take. Nor does this make him a terrible person for having said traits. As you said with the House comparision, you don't have to like him but you can't go around slandering someone and throw baseless accusations over just some people's trivial intereactions/past experiences with this guy.
      If it were all true, he wouldn't be sitting position to be talking in open panels or conventions as much and would basically be exiled from the linux community in a simliar manner of richard stallman. (Spoiler: was a political correctness issue)
      I feel people easily get offended these days over how some show criticism towards others, and don't stop and think to see where the expression or said criticism stems from.
      And as final note; you don't always have to like/tolerate a person's expressed opinions/behaviour on a problem/topic no matter how big important they are.
      Just walk away and continue to do business as usual unless it becomes a serious issue.
      In all seriousness though you can really just ignore this comment if you aren't too deep into this. I'm no mesiah but just a *NOT* lone stranger on the web.
      Not sorry for typing a dissertation and in talking in 3rd person though. lol

  • @whatttxd
    @whatttxd 4 місяці тому +2

    This guy realized 9 years ago that Valve will push linux hard.. and they really did with the SteamDeck nowadays