Linus Torvalds

Programmer, Public speaker

1969 –

72

Who is Linus Torvalds?

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish American software engineer, who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator. He also created the revision control system Git as well as the diving log software Subsurface. He was honored, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel".

Famous Quotes:

  • I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
  • Talk is cheap. Show me the code.
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Born
Dec 28, 1969
Helsinki
Also known as
  • Linus Benedict Torvalds
Parents
Spouses
Religion
  • Atheism
Ethnicity
  • Swedish-speaking population of Finland
Nationality
  • Finland
Profession
Education
  • Master's Degree, University of Helsinki
    Computer Science
    (1988 - 1996)
Employment
  • Fellow, Linux Foundation
Lived in
  • Helsinki
  • Portland

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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