Linus Torvalds By Monoking 1981 learned how to code in basic when he was 11 Intapeople 1988 Went to the University of Helsinki Ieee 1990 began to study unix system as well as mimix Ars Jan 5, 1991 bought a intel 386 ibm pc Wired Aug 25, 1991 began working on the linux project Xda Sep 17, 1991 made the linux kernel storware Oct 5, 1991 uploaded the first version of linux First monday 1992 the gnu general public licence added the linux kernel O'reilly Mar 14, 1994 The first professional build of linux 1.00 Forbes 1996 graduated from Helsinki and got a masters in computer science Britannica 1999 help create 86open uconn 2000 the linux foundation was created The linux foundation 2003 joined open source development labs Chm Apr 3, 2005 Made git Git 2012 made subsurface subsurface