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  1. Linus Torvalds, principal author of the Linux kernel The Unix operating system was conceived and implemented in 1969, at AT&T 's Bell Labs, in the United States by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. [41] First released in 1971, Unix was written entirely in assembly language, as was common practice at the time.

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  3. Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia

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    Linus Benedict Torvalds ( / ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz / LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, [3] Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ⓘ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel, used by Linux distributions like Debian, Arch and Android. He also created the distributed version control system Git .

  4. Linus Torvalds | Biography, Linux, & Facts | Britannica

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    Linus Torvalds, (born December 28, 1969, Helsinki, Finland), Finnish computer scientist who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux operating system. At age 10 Torvalds began to dabble in computer programming on his grandfather’s Commodore VIC-20.

  5. Abhishek Prakash 11 Jan 2023 7 min read Brief: Some known, some lesser known – here are 20 facts about the Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. Linus Torvalds, a Finnish student, developed a Unix-like operating system while he was doing his masters in the year 1991.

  6. Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linus Torvalds, principal author of the Linux kernel The Unix operating system was conceived and implemented in 1969, at AT&T 's Bell Labs, in the United States by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. [41] First released in 1971, Unix was written entirely in assembly language, as was common practice at the time.

  7. History of Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history.

  8. Linus Torvalds: The mind behind Linux | TED Talk

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    Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice -- first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. In a rare interview with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Torvalds discusses with remarkable openness the personality traits that prompted his unique ...

  9. Linux turns 30: Linus Torvalds on his 'just a hobby' operating...

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    Linux turns 30: Linus Torvalds on his 'just a hobby' operating system. It's been 30 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby ...

  10. Linus Torvalds Inductee Biography - Internet Hall of Fame

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    Internet Hall of Fame Innovator. As creator of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds is a leading supporter of Open Source software. An avid programmer, Torvalds wrote the kernel of the Linux operating system at age 21 from his mother’s apartment in Helsinki.

  11. Linus Torvalds - CHM

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    Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel and oversaw open source development of the widely-used Linux operating system. Torvalds was born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland. Torvalds enrolled at the University of Helsinki in 1988, graduating with a master's degree in computer science.

  12. Linus Torvalds - Wikiwand

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    Linus Benedict Torvalds ( / ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz / LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] i; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel, used by Linux distributions like Debian, Arch and Android.