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Linus Torvalds

Finnish software engineer (born 1969)

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Linus Benedict Torvalds is a male programmer, software developer, writer, and inventor born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland. He is a Finland Swede who holds citizenship in the United States and Finland. His native language is Swedish, and he speaks Finland Swedish, Finnish, and English. He is educated at the University of Helsinki, where he has also been employed, alongside roles at Transmeta Corporation, Open Source Development Labs, and the Linux Foundation.

His notable works include the Linux kernel and the books *Just for fun*, *Open sources*, and *The hacker ethic*. Torvalds has received the Millennium Technology Prize, Computer Pioneer Award, Suuret suomalaiset, and Lovelace Medal. He is married to Tove Torvalds, and they have three children. His father is Nils Torvalds, and his relative is Ole Torvalds. He maintains a blog titled *Linus' blog*.

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Born: 28 December 1969
Works: 3

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Just for fun
Open sources
The hacker ethic

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Helsinki, Finland

Linus Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer best known for creating the Linux operating system and the version control system Git. He was born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland, and has played a significant role in the development of open-source software.

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Software Wars — Self2020
The Code — Himself2001
Revolution OS — Himself - Creator, Linux Kernel2001

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Instance of: human
Given name: Benedict
Named after: Linus Pauling
Gender: male
Citizenship: Finland
Place of birth: Helsinki
Spouse: Tove Torvalds
Father: Nils Torvalds
Occupation: businessperson
Employer: University of Helsinki
Languages spoken: Swedish
Native language: Swedish
Religion: agnosticism
Academic degree: Master of Science
Field of work: software engineer
Official website: torvalds-family.blogspot.com
Image: Lc3 2018 (263682303) (cropped).jpeg
Number of children: 3
Work location: Oregon
Residence: Portland
Significant event: sabbatical

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relative: Ole Torvalds
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date of birth: 1969-12-28
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birth name: Linus Benedict Torvalds
ethnic group: Finland Swedes
member of: Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
archives at: Computer History Museum
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name in native language: Linus Torvalds
writing language: English language
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social media followers: 36262
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011425

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Encyclopedic overview

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) 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 was one of the recipients of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize "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 and the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.

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