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Linus Torvalds was born.
Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland on 1969.12.28. -
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Linus in University of Helsinki.
Linus Torvalds studied in University of Helsinki during 1988 to 1996 and he graduated with a degree as Computer Science Master. -
First programming class
Linus Torvalds took his first C programming class in 1990 at University of Helsinki, Finland. -
The first version of Linux was released
The first prototype of Linux, version 0.01 was released by Linus in September 1991.
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Linus Torvalds learned about GNU GPL
Linus Torvalds first time learned about GNU General Public License by Richard Stallman. He decided to publish Linux Kernel under GNU GPL version 2.0 -
Linux version 1.0.0 was released.
Since version 0.95, Linux kernel is capable to run X Window System and version 1.0.0 is more developed with 176250 lines of code in it. -
Linux Mark Institute
Linus Torvalds had a lawsuit with Della Croce who encroached the trademark of "Linux". Linus won and this organization administrates the "Linux" trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. -
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Linus Torvalds worked at Transmeta
Linus Torvalds was invited to work at Transmeta Corporation in California -
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Involved in 86open to choose binary format for Linux
During 1997 to 1999, Linus Torvalds was working on choosing a standard binary format for Linux and Unix. -
Linus Torvalds was elected as one of the 100 top innovators.
In 1999, Linus Torvalds was elected by MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world. He was only 30-year-old then. -
Presented stock worth $20 million
In 1999, Red Hat and VA Linux offered him stock that was worth 20 million dollars after they went public, -
He founded Linux Foundation.
After working at Transmeta, Linus then combined Open Source Development Labs with Free Standards Group into Linux Foundation which is an organization that works to promote and accelerate the development and application of Linux into industries.
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One of the most influential inventors
In 2004, Linus Torvalds was named as one of the most influential inventors in the world by Britannica. -
Git created by Linus Torvalds in 2005.
In 2005, Linus Torvalds created Git which is a version-control system for developers to cooperate on the development of a project. It was initially designed for the development of Linux Kernel, but now it has been used broadly in projects. Git is open-sourced under GNU GPL.Git website -
Received Millennium Technology Prize
Millennium Technology Prize is on the same level with Nobel Prize in the fields of technology. Linus together with Shinya Yamanaka won this prize in 2012. -
IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
In 2014, Linus Torvalds was awarded by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This award was given to those individuals who has important contribution to computer field longer than fifteen years.
