# The mind behind Linux

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2016
- Speaker: Linus Torvalds
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Engineering, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice -- first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. In a rare interview with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Torvalds discusses with remarkable openness the personality traits that prompted his unique philosophy of work, engineering and life. "I am not a visionary, I'm an engineer," Torvalds says. "I'm perfectly happy with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds ... but I'm looking at the ground, and I want to fix the pothole that's right in front of me before I fall in."

## Lectures

1. [The mind behind Linux](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux/233c1f24dfc5), 22 min (TED's player)