Linus Torvalds On Future Of Desktop Linux

The interview was recorded last year at the Open Source Summit.

[Randmadness]

Everyone who interviews Linus: "...so all knowing Linux man, tell me, what is the meaning of life?" Linus: "I literally just do kernels."

[mdsmds]

Open Source interview: someone passing by looked at the talk and gave a contribution.

[Christobanistan]

The thing I love about Linus is how realistic and down to Earth he is. You don't see him pushing a particular license. You won't see him obsessing over standards. You will see him trying to get open source software adopted widely no matter the form, and you will see him pushing unity instead of distro madness.

[netwalker-]

When Linus smiles, looks like he is about to smash your face

[Selbstdenkender]

Mr. Torvalds, thank you Sir for your hard work and huge impact in inspiring and educating people all over the world.

[surjagain]

Always a pleasure to hear the Boss talk :)

[Lucassymons]

That was a really awesome just chilled out chat. Thanks everyone for their time and putting it online.

[philipquaglino]

this man is woefully under appreciated for what he has given to the world. People have no idea the hell the internet and most OS's would be without him.

[zetldwi]

appreciate your adaptability in the video by giving greg the mic. I think you're doing an awesome job!! :)

[duneode]

This interview was really great, loved how easy the interviewer made it to talk openly and without confusion.

[MB-oiem]

Thank You Linus!! I've been happily using Linux for many many years... Slackware was the first distribution I tried back in the early 90's... I was totally blown away by how stable the Linux systems were compared to the mainstream OS's of the day. The selfless contribution you gave the world is so much more profound than most people know...

[hudsonreis]

Congratulations! Excellent Interview!
To See Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman talking together and in a sincere and honest manner shows how professional and committed they are with the Community and with Kernel development. Not only them but all people and organizations involved

[gloatsticks]

Dude what a blessing, you are talking with Linus Torvalds himself, than another Kernel super-star comes and just plops himself down. Massive Kudos, what a time and place to have an interview, thank you for posting this! P.S. I agree, you could almost let them just sit and talk like they're at work :D so cool.

[dryster]

I like the way Linus can dismiss an entire line of computers with the word "calendar"

[cscm]

This was one of the best interviews of Linus I've seen so far. The sound "issue" you said, in my opinion didn't tainted the interview. Actually the fact that Greg joined was great and you guys managed it nicely. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for this interesting and amusing interview.

[antoniostorcke]

I am glad that Linus Torvalds has mentioned Flatpak. It is time for the Linux community to standardize desktop software installation packages. RPM, DEB, SNAP, etc should be reserved for non-desktop apps and system updates.

[shikomatlala]

Nice Interview - very close and perfect

[vegardertilbake]

Love the questions from the interviewer. Makes for a great conversation

[snowy]

I’d love to have his hair when I get older.

[aliakbaramirkhani]

good to see Mr. Linus on Interviews :D good talk