Linus Torvalds
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Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991. He also created the distributed version control system Git.
Torvalds at the LinuxCon Europe 2014
Torvalds in 2002
Linus Torvalds (centre) receiving the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award from ICCE 2018 Conference Chair Saraju Mohanty (left) and IEEE President James A. Jefferies (right) at ICCE 2018 on 12 January 2018 in Las Vegas
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Linux is a family of free and open-source software Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, which was first released on 17 September 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Some members of the family ar
Linus Torvalds
…Oregon to be closer to the OSDL's headquarters in Beaverton. From 1997 to 1999, he was involved in 86open, helping select the standard binary format for Linux and Unix. In 1999, he was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the world's top 100 innovators under age 35. In 1999, Red Hat and VA Linux…
Linus Torvalds, principal author of the Linux kernel
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