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How many times do you find this to be true?

“How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are for. I only coded it." (Attributed to Linus Torvalds, somewhere in a posting)

"How do you power off this machine?" (Linus, when upgrading linux.cs.helsinki.fi, and after using the machine for several months.)

“See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

"What happens when you read some doc and either it doesn't answer your question or is demonstrably wrong? In Linux, you say "Linux sucks" and go read the code. In Windows/Oracle/etc you say "Windows sucks" and start banging your head against the wall."
--- Denis Vlasenko on lkml

...the Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it. (by Linus)

"To err is human... to really foul up requires the root password."

"If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0"

"Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code."

"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."

"Helpdesk: There is an icon on your computer labeled "My Computer". Double click on it.
User: What's your computer doing on mine?"

“If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

"You know you're a geek when... You try to shoo a fly away from the monitor with your cursor. That just happened to me. It was scary."

“Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.

Programming - the process of adding bugs to software.

Debugging - the process of finding and changing bugs in software into different bugs.

Software bug - any undesired feature in software.

... One programmer's "feature" is the next's "bug"

After suggesting puppy linux to my windows using friend and his frantic call about "sound drivers don't seem to be installed, should I pop in my motherboad's CD."
I talked with him for good 20 min and came to this age old wisdom quote...

"Always start your answers with the question - Have you plugged and switched ON your device."

Oh, I came across the classic operating systems allegory:
http://www.webaugur.com/bazaar/53-what- ... lines.html

Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"

Someone told me this on IRC, there's a wallpaper with it but don't know the origin:

Where there is a shell, there is a way.

How about "Linux -- the source is with you"

In a world of no walls or fences,we don’t need WINDOWS or GATES