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I admire Torvalds for standing up to the establishment which had considered his OS obsolete from day one.

Linus stuck with efficiency above all else, rejecting the micro kernel approach despite pressure from academic authorities like Tannenbaum.

Sure, monolithic kernels are old fashioned, and have drawbacks, but it’s the most efficient way to do it.

I also admire how he favors carefully thinking about code rather than using a debugger.