Theodore Ts’o 4/27/2008

Donald Knuth: “I trust my family jewels only to Linux”

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In a 2008 interview, Donald Knuth shares his personal use of Ubuntu Linux on an offline laptop, stating he trusts only Linux with his important data. He also expresses skepticism about multi-core processors, arguing they offer little benefit for most existing software and that hardware designers are passing the burden to software developers. Knuth suggests a need for new programming paradigms to effectively utilize such architectures.

Donald Knuth: “I trust my family jewels only to Linux”

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