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Torvalds: Put Linux to the test

March 30, 2005 Linus Torvalds calls for more regular performance tests on the Linux kernel in hunt for inefficient code. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, kernel, Linux kernel, Linux

Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'

July 17, 2008 Linux creator calls OpenBSD crowd a bunch of "monkeys" and criticizes those who publicize security flaws to gain notoriety. TAGS: OpenBSD, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, bug, security flaw, monkey, mailing list, creator, Linux, developer, security, approach, information technology, e-mail, operating system

Update to Linux kernel debuts after 'false alarms'

November 2, 2005 Latest version of OS is out, almost a month overdue. Still, Linus Torvalds sees improvements "all over the place." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, kernel, alarm, Linux, e-mail

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, anti-DRM, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, digital signature, Linux, leader, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., security, e-mail

Torvalds gets tough on kernel coders

November 12, 2005 If developers add "last-minute things" to the next version of the Linux kernel, he says he will "laugh in their faces derisively." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, kernel, contributor, Linux kernel, Linux, patch management