Linus Benedict Torvalds Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ˈlaɪnəsˈtɔrvɔːldz/; Swedish: [ˈliːn.ɵs ˈtuːr.valds] (13px ); born December 28, 1969) 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". He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award.
Patricia Miranda Torvalds, Daniela Yolanda Torvalds, Celeste Amanda Torvalds
Parents
Anna Torvalds
Awards
Millennium Technology Prize
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good and I think it is good in technology as well.
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Left Transmeta for a Linux corporate software consortium, the Open Source Development Lab. [July 2003]
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The original author of the "Linux" kernel, released in 1991. He still co-ordinates the world-wide development effort for Linux. Linux is a kernel not an operating system.
Thanks
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Antitrust
2001
the producers wish to thank
Self
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The 5 Keys to Mastery
2005
Video documentary
Himself
Click Online: Linus Torvalds
2002
Documentary short
The Code
2001
Documentary
Himself
Revolution OS
2001
Documentary
Himself - Creator, Linux Kernel
A-studio
1998
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Revolution OS (2001) as Himself - Creator, Linux Kernel
$8 Million
