Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Linus Torvalds

From Citizendium - Reading time: 1 min


This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel

Linus Benedict Torvalds, born on December 28th, 1969 to Nils and Anna Torvalds, is a Finnish computer software engineer known for writing the initial versions of the open source Linux kernel, and is currently the project coordinator (known in open source software circles as the "Benevolent Dictator for Life"[1]), maintaining stable releases.

Personal life[edit]

Torvalds began studying at the University of Helsinki in 1988, where he majored in computer science. He and his wife Tove Monni Torvalds have three children, Patricia, Miranda and Daniela.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "In the lead, Linux Torvalds ..." (Retrieved 07-April-2007).

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://citizendium.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
4 views | Status: cached on March 25 2024 01:50:50
↧ Download this article as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF