Linus Torvalds: The mind behind Linux

I watched this earlier today - really insightful. I also love that his intention was to never make something great for the industry, just something great for him. That's where the best projects come from.

#!/bin/bash

#This prints random words.

echo "$(shuf -n 32 /usr/share/dict/words --random-source=/dev/urandom | tr '\n' ' ')"

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The critical thing is that you do an offering of love, first. Be witty and charming. Tip: God's favorite thing on TV is soap operas.

You get back equal value like a fair barter.

God says... Dalmatians whittler farmland brokenhearted creature's outpatients paleontology duel nosedove Suzanne's adornments annihilation's crayons hippy pomade's whales testicles Hegel Georges vignetted gigolo ladybugs females stalagmite's settle Horus unwelcome sandmen Clara grandstands Neptune's sticks

It might have been that initially. These days it’s because a whole ecosystem was created around it, and yes, most of it it’s kind of free.

Think about it: if you wanted to work on something but you had to pay either for the software or documentation you need to base your work on, it’d be a blocker of sorts for a lot of people, specially if you’re just a student wanting to do a “simple” thing or wanting to test something. That’s just an example.

Having a 30-day trial of something helps, but it’ll probably not give you all the answers you need.