Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia
WEBLinus Benedict Torvalds (/ ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz / LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, [2] Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ⓘ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.
History of Linux - Wikipedia
WEBLinux 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.
Linux - Wikipedia
WEBPrecursors. 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] .
Linus Torvalds | Biography, Linux, & Facts | Britannica
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Linus Torvalds (born December 28, 1969, Helsinki, Finland) is a 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.
History of Linux - GeeksforGeeks
WEBMar 18, 2024 · It was initially created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. At the time, Torvalds was a computer science student at the University of Helsinki, Finland and began working on the Linux project as a personal endeavour. The name Linux is a combination of his first name, Linus, and Unix, the operating system that inspired his projects.
History of Linux – How did Linux Start and Who Created Linux?
WEBSep 16, 2020 · Linus Benedict Torvalds was born on 28 December 1969 in Helsinki, capital of Finland. He studied at the University of Helsinki in Finland. This is where he started working on a project for ‘fun’. This project later shaped into what we today know as Linux. Torvalds began programming at the age of …
Unix vs Linux: The history of how Unix started and influenced Linux
WEBNov 11, 2022 · From prototype to early Unix. Take a look back at how Unix started. In 1969, Ken Thompson, a researcher at Bell Labs, was experimenting with operating system designs. Bell Labs had a PDP-7 computer with an interesting peripheral device: a very fast (for the time) disk drive.
Linus Torvalds - CHM
WEBAug 5, 2024 · 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.
History of Linux [A Complete Overview] - LinuxSimply
WEBApr 29, 2024 · Explore the amazing history of Linux and learn about its precursor, beginning, expansion, and development from this article.
Linus Torvalds Inductee Biography - Internet Hall of Fame
WEBLinus Torvalds was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012. He was a creator of the Linux operating system and is a leading supporter of Open Source software.
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