Linux problems are not in Google

Linus Torvalds is always interesting, not only because he is the founder of Linux, but because he often speaks amazingly. Of course, this is not to say that he is as extremely idealistic as another open source leader, Richard Stallman. Linus Tovalds is a pragmatist who pays attention to technology (at least he said so). Of course, as the leader of the Linux kernel, he is no longer a purely technical staff, but a very skilled manager. When people mentioned the reasons for the growth of Linux, some of the reasons were attributed to Linus' management method. In this regard, Linus Torvalds once said very interesting words:

First, I am lazy.

Second, I like to authorize.

Recently, the Techradar website published a Linux Format interview with Linus Torvalds, which covered a lot of topics, and we found some interesting comments. To see the full text, you can click here.

No vendor pre-installed Linux

In the desktop market, Linux has not made any progress. In this regard, Linus believes that the technical reason is one aspect, but the bigger reason is that ordinary users will not install the operating system, “Unless pre-installed, you can't get the desktop …… but in reality, there is no People go pre-installed (Linux) & rdquo;. Some technicians gave up on the Linux desktop because they were dissatisfied with KDE or Gnome, but even if they didn't, the average user wouldn't use the Linux desktop, and they didn't even like the computer.

He is not satisfied with what Gnome and KDE are doing, but from a general perspective, it is just "small details". Talking

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Linus Torvalds accepted Linux Format
interview I'm not interested in Linux trademark

Linus said he was not interested in the Linux trademark, because it is a pain Things. Trademarks encourage companies to do stupid things, because lawyers believe that if they don't do that, they will lose control of the trademark, “this is a shit, but people paying to hire lawyers is to let them do some jerk things” ; He said that some people would complain that Google and Ubuntu don't talk about "Linux", just say "Android" or "Ubuntu", which makes him feel very interesting.

He said that he is not bothered by this, because there is nothing wrong with the manufacturers doing that. “If you want to be your own system, Linux is the core, but it is still a small part of the whole system. You don’t need to use the Linux kernel, you have to call the system Linux, so I don’t really want to go. Using trademarks, in addition, I think that is stupid because people should re-name their own things.

He also complains on the Internet because of trademark issues, and argues with others, because it is a catharsis, "The argument is my favorite leisure activity, not programming".

Linus: Linux trademark to use and manufacturers argue would be foolish thing

Android problem

Android is based on Linux, but with the development of Android, the kernel maintainers and Google has had a disagreement. The Android code has not been integrated into Linux and has become a separate project. However, since Linux 3.3, Android has gradually returned to Linux, which is the result of the gradual agreement between the two sides. Looking back at this history, Linus said, “The problems that appear on Android are actually more of a problem for the kernel developer than for Google. At the last kernel conference, an important issue we discussed was ‘What do we do with Android? ’”

Linus said that many people share his opinion, that is, people who don't like the Android method are wrong. “Android does a good job, and it works. No one has come up with the code available to Google because their problem is something that no one else can solve. "Linus said that the kernel developers inside Google also hate the current situation, so for Google, there is also pressure to merge the code back.

Secure Boot

Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft requires hardware vendors to use "safe boot" technology, which is opposed by the open source community and is seen as a further step by Microsoft to suppress the Linux desktop. .

Linus Torvalds said that he actually likes to start safely. In fact, they should do it 10 years ago, but no one wants to do it because there is a crazy opposition. However, he also said that the problem of safe start-up is that Microsoft can rely on its own monopoly position to persuade hardware vendors to only support Microsoft's visas, which is really worrying. This is only good for Microsoft, so this kind of thing should not happen.

He said he was actually more worried about Apple, for example, they forced developers to use the sandbox mechanism. Linux likes Apple's hardware, he uses Macbook Air, but doesn't use OSX, because "they will do something stupid, so it's more inconvenient than PC".

Linux Desktop

Linus has been dissatisfied with the Linux desktop. He once opposed Gnome and later became dissatisfied with KDE. Now he uses Xfce. As for the distribution, he used Fedora. He used openSUSE, but some of them have had enough.

The reason for dissatisfaction with the Linux desktop is that he feels that the interface designer is only concerned with visual effects, not actual operations. “In a way, the interface designer seems to care only about the interface itself, not the work you actually do”.

Raspberry Pi

Linus said it was a very attractive idea. He has always liked such an idea. That is, when the hardware is cheap to a certain extent, you can give the children a play, 99% of people may not do anything, but if you give everyone the possibility to drum up the computer relationship, it is a great thing. . However, for him, the Raspberry Pi is too slow and the hardware is too old.

How do you change Linux?

If you are Linus Torvalds, how would you change Linux? & ldquo; I won't change anything.