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Linus Torvalds Alive

Linus Torvalds
KindPerson
Born1969
StatusAlive
Fieldoperating systems
Sourcekernel.org ↗

Wrote the Linux kernel as a Helsinki student (1991), then Git when he needed it — twice reshaping how software is made.

Created Linux

Wrote the Linux kernel (1991) — 'just a hobby, won't be big' — and then Git (2005) when BitKeeper failed.\n\nThe Linux Foundation employs him to keep him working on it; the most consequential single-coder output in history.

Sources

  1. kernel.org/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds