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Linus Torvalds is Born
Linus Torvalds is born in Helsinki, Finland to Anna and Nils Torvalds. -
Schooling
Torvalds begins his study at the University of Helsinki. -
Military Break
Torvalds takes 8 months off of school to join the Finish military and fill his military service requirement. -
Returning to School
Torvalds would return to school after his military service. During the next few years, he would be acquainted with the Unix operating system and became deeply passionate about computer science. -
First Steps
Torvalds purchased the Intel 80386-based IBM PC and obtained a MINIX operating system. With this, he began to work and research on the Linux operating system. -
First Job
At the end of his schooling, Linus went on a visit to the technology firm, ‘Transmeta’, where he began to work from the following year. He later worked for the Open Source Development Labs. -
86 open Project
In 1997, Torvalds began work on the '86open' project, which is a binary file format for the ‘Unix’ and Unix-like operating systems. They were to be used on a common x86 PC. -
EFF Pioneer Award
In 1998, he was a recipient of the EFF Pioneer Award. -
Influenced the Stock Market
In 1999, he was offered stock options for his creation by the companies, Red Hat and VA Linux. That very year, the stock prices increased to about $20 million after the companies went public. -
Top 100 Innovator
In 1999, he was given the title of 'one of the top 100 innovators, under the age of 35, in the world' by MIT Technology Review TR100. -
Lovelace Medal
In 2000, he was the recipient of the Lovelace Medal, which was conferred by the British Computer Society. -
Torvalds comes to the US
In June 2004, along with his family, he relocated to Beaverton, Oregon, where Open Source Development Labs was headquartered. The following year, he developed the software, ‘Git’ -
Vollum Award
In 2005, he was given the Vollum Award from Reed College. -
Torvalds achieves writing 2% of the Linus kernel
By 2006, about two per cent of the Linux kernel was written by him, which was a significant contribution. -
Citizenship
In 2010, he became a citizen of the United States of America.
