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Was born
Was born in Helsinki, Finland. He was the son on Anna and Nils who were both journalists. His grandfather was a Finnish-swedish journalist and poet by the name of Ole Torvalds. -
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studied at the University of Helsinki
At this university he was able to obtain his master's degree in computer science and belonged to a NODES research group. also during this time he became a part of the Finnish army where he attended a 11 month training for a programmer. He needed to do this in order to meet the compulsory military service criteria of Finland. This greatly interrupted his studies. -
Announced his work on a free operating system
When he was 21 years old he announced that he would be working on a free operating system in the comp.os.minix Usenet newsgroup. -
Linux 0.01 was released
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The Linux kernel was relicensed under the GNU GPL with the v0.12 release.
The Linux kernel was relicensed under the GNU GPL with the v0.12 release. The original license did not allow commercial use but the new license allowed the redistribution of modified and unmodified versions. -
Peter MacDonald announces SLS
This was the first standalone Linux install. This was able to be installed by a floppy disc. It was recommended that at least 10MB of storage was needed. This included such cutting-edge features as TCP-IP networking support and the X Window System. -
Slackware was released by Patrick Volkerding. Slackware
Slackware is considered to be the first broadly successful Linux distribution and is still in use today. -
Version 1.0 of the Linux kernel was released.
It supported single-processor i386-based computer systems. Also, only within the three years of its existence it acquired a code base had grown to 176,250 lines of code. -
William R. Della Croce, Jr. files for the trademark “Linux”
Della Croce has no known involvement in the Linux community yet sends letters out to prominent Linux companies demanding money for use of the trademark “Linux”. In 1997 this was settled by assigning Linus Torvalds to it to all the petitioners and Linux users. -
Red Hat co-founder Marc Ewing announced the availability of the Red Hat Software Linux on CD-ROM
This became a commercial product that sold for $49.95 and included 30 days of installation support. Red Hat became the first $1 billion open source company in 2012. -
Started working at Transmeta
In 1996, he 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. -
Version 2.0 of the Linux Kernel was released.
This was a great improvement compared to the earlier versions because it was the first stable kernel to support multiple processors in a single system (SMP) and more processor types. Linux became a serious alternative for many companies. -
Bliss, first “Linux Virus” was discovered.
Bliss did not actually break the security of the system. He did not do this because it relies on people with privilege to do something dumb and it reminds the users to install digitally signed software from trustworthy sites only and to check signatures before installing them. -
A report from IDC says that Linux shipments rose by more than 200%
In 1998, and its market share rose by more than 150%. Linux held 17% the market and had a growth rate that surpassed any of its competitors. -
The GNOME desktop arrives in the linux world
GNOME is the default desktop environment in several major Linux distributions such as Debian, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE. -
IDC report suggests that Linux now ranks as the “second-most-popular operating system for server computers”
It held 25% of the server operating system sales in 1999. -
He moved to Oregon
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Ubuntu came into life
Ubuntu’s development was led by a man named Canonical Ltd. It was also a company owned by Mark Shuttleworth. it was not a major contributor to the kernel, but it played an important part in the adoption of Linux on desktops and laptops. -
Creates "Git"
Git is a distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed,data integrity,and support for distributed, non-linear workflows. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development in 2005. It became the most widely adopted version control system for software development. -
Torvalds does not support GNU v3
Linus reveals that he doesn’t like the anti-DRM provisions in the draft for version 3 of the GNU General Public License. He refused to convert the Linux kernel over to it. -
Two percent of the Kernel was written by Torvalds
About two per cent of the Linux kernel was written by him, which was a significant contribution. -
Became a citizen of the United of States
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Linus Torvalds announces the release of Linux 3.0.
This allowed smoother use of Linux and introduced new capabilities. -
Valve Corporation announces its Linux-based operating system SteamOS for video game consoles
This was a great opportunity as it allowed the video game community to be introduced to Linux
