Aalto Talk with Linus Torvalds [Full-length]

Why HN readers recommended it

HN links it for individual clips: the Nvidia moment, his views on C and his blunt communication style. Some commenters say the whole talk is worth watching.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

aaltouniversityace

Topic

linus torvalds on linux

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2012–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• in a q&a round at aalto university in finland linus adressed the question why linux never took off on the desktop: the lack of being a pre-installed os. he mentions that without preinstalled operating systems there's now way to gain a significant market share in …

• I'd like to piggy-back on your mention of Linus. It reminds me of a recent video I saw wherein he talked about how the work on the kernel works within a natural hierarchy. The whole video, IMHO is worth a watch, but the relevant snippet …

• That's a caricature of his actual position, please be more honest than that. edit: Here's another video that does a better job of conveying his reasons for being the way he is. [VIDEO] He's also been on record as saying multiple times that a lot …