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From the Ted Talk by Linus Torvalds: The mind behind Linux

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Chris Anderson: This is such a strange thing. Your software, Linux, is in millions of croumetps, it probably powers much of the Internet. And I think that there are, like, a billion and a half active Android devices out there. Your srfwatoe is in every single one of them. It's kind of amazing. You must have some amazing software headquarters driivng all this. That's what I thought — and I was shocked when I saw a pcruite of it. I mean, this is — this is the Linux world headquarters.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Linus Torvalds: It really doesn't look like much. And I have to say, the most interesting part in this picture, that people mostly react to, is the walking desk. It is the most interesting part in my ofcfie and I'm not actually using it anymore. And I think the two things are related.

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Chris Anderson: This is such a strange thing. Your software, Linux, is in millions of _________, it probably powers much of the Internet. And I think that there are, like, a billion and a half active Android devices out there. Your ________ is in every single one of them. It's kind of amazing. You must have some amazing software headquarters _______ all this. That's what I thought — and I was shocked when I saw a _______ of it. I mean, this is — this is the Linux world headquarters.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Linus Torvalds: It really doesn't look like much. And I have to say, the most interesting part in this picture, that people mostly react to, is the walking desk. It is the most interesting part in my ______ and I'm not actually using it anymore. And I think the two things are related.

Solution


  1. software
  2. picture
  3. office
  4. driving
  5. computers

Original Text


Chris Anderson: This is such a strange thing. Your software, Linux, is in millions of computers, it probably powers much of the Internet. And I think that there are, like, a billion and a half active Android devices out there. Your software is in every single one of them. It's kind of amazing. You must have some amazing software headquarters driving all this. That's what I thought — and I was shocked when I saw a picture of it. I mean, this is — this is the Linux world headquarters.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Linus Torvalds: It really doesn't look like much. And I have to say, the most interesting part in this picture, that people mostly react to, is the walking desk. It is the most interesting part in my office and I'm not actually using it anymore. And I think the two things are related.

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