This is an activity to get students listening and working on listening skills in their field.

Linus talks about how Linux became a realty. What is your opinion about open-source and the potential it has?

What do you think is the most exciting thing about open-source? What direction do you think it is heading?

Linus explains what good taste in coding is, do you agree with him? What do you think is 'good taste in terms of coding'?

How important is community in the work that you do? 

Linus describes himself as 'not a people-person,' 'myopic,' 'nerd.' He also goes to explain why he seems himself in this way. How would you describe yourself and why?

This is the founder of Linux talking about what Linux, Git and open-source mean to him and how they came to be for him.

The Mind Behind Linux

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Let's do English ESL deep listening: focus on meaning. This is an activity to get students listening and working on listening skills in their field.