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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time at tech titans' dinner

Dave Cutler, lead architect of the Windows NT kernel, was also there

What just happened? Given that there was a time when Microsoft called Linux a "cancer," it's little surprise that the Redmond firm's co-founder and long-time boss Bill Gates had never met Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. But that changed recently when the two attended a dinner, and it appears to have gone well.

Full story By Rob Thubron, June 23, 2025, 10:22 AM

AI Software

Most current AI tech is 90 percent marketing, says Linus Torvalds

And we tend to agree with the creator of Linux

By Alfonso Maruccia, October 29, 2024, 5:22 AM 30 comments

Software Hardware

Linus Torvalds is "fed up" with making kernel changes to address faulty hardware

"Let's put the onus on where the blame lies ... bad hardware"

A hot potato: Linus Torvalds is sick and tired of trying to "fix" Linux to work on Intel's faulty processors. In his view, Linux isn't broken, so why should he (and other FOSS developers) fix anything? Intel is the one with the problems. He vented his ire in a thread recently.

Full story By Cal Jeffrey, October 23, 2024, 3:09 PM 25 comments

Hardware Software

Linus Torvalds worries RISC-V will repeat the same mistakes made with earlier architectures

This happens every time new processor architectures are introduced

By Skye Jacobs, July 16, 2024, 6:36 AM 8 comments

Software

Linux 6.5 is a smooth-sailing upgrade for the open-source kernel

No excuse to delay the release any further, Mr. Linux said on Sunday

By Alfonso Maruccia, August 28, 2023, 8:28 AM

Hardware Security

Linus Torvalds suggests disabling AMD's "stupid" fTPM to solve a persistent stuttering issue

The problem affects Ryzen-based PCs running both Windows and Linux

By Kishalaya Kundu, August 1, 2023, 9:09 AM 28 comments

Software Industry

The Rust programming language will join the Linux kernel

Rust has matured enough and will be welcomed in Linux 6.1 if all goes well

By Alfonso Maruccia, September 21, 2022, 6:15 AM

In Hindsight... Tech Predictions and Quotes

FEATURE By Julio Franco, November 4, 2021, 5:58 PM TechSpot Tech Culture

#ThrowBackThursday Many have tried to follow Intel co-founder Gordon Moore (of Moore's Law fame) in bringing their tech predictions into the public eye... with varying degrees of success. Every year for nearly a decade, we've revisited this TechSpot original feature to bring new quotes to your attention. Here's a taste of those now infamous quotes.