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Linus Torvalds Born
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Linus Torvalds Life & Achievements
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Exposed to coding
Linus was first exposed to coding at the age 11 with a Commodore VIC-20. -
Attended University of Helsinki
Graduated with a master's degree in Computer Science. -
Enlisted in Finish Army Uusimma Brigade
After graduating, Linus served his country due to the mandatory service enlistment requirement for Finland. -
Returned to University
Linus was exposed to UNIX for the first time when he went back to University for the second time. -
Bought an IBM PC
Linus bought an IBM PC and began to start the initial stages of Linux. -
First prototype of Linux
In late 1991, the first working prototype of Linux was released to the public. -
Version 1 of Linux released
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Accepts job in California
Linus accepts a job at Transmeta in California and relocates. -
Contributes with 86open
Linus along with 86open create the standard binary format for Linux and Unix -
Offered shares in Companies
Linus was offered stock of the companies he helped create, valued at $20 million. -
Awarded with MIT award
Linus was awarded by MIT Technology Review as one of the world's top 100 innovators under the age of 35. -
Accepted job at Open Source Developments
Linus accepted a job at Open Source Developments, which is now known as the Linux Foundation. -
Open Source Developments becomes the Linux Foundation
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Inducted into Computer History Muesem
Linus was inducted into the Hall of Fellows. -
Becomes U.S Citizen
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Subsurface
Linus developed a scuba and free diving app that allowed divers to keep track of diving data. It was coded to work on virtually any diving computer. -
Linux currently has 15 million lines of code
Linus is responsible for 2% of the total code in Linux, which is a huge contribution among the thousands that have helped.
