timeline for Linus Torvalds

By warrior_az@icloud.com

  • 1969: Born on December 28 in Helsinki, Finland

    1969: Born on December 28 in Helsinki, Finland
    couldnt find a real image for him as a kid

  • 1981: at age 11, begins programming on his grandpas VIC-20

    1981: at age 11, begins programming on his grandpas VIC-20

  • reads OPERATING SYSTEMS: designs and implantation

    helps him make linux

  • university 1988 for community science

    university 1988 for community science

  • First Linux Kernel Release

    First Linux Kernel Release

  • linux becomes free and open source

    linux becomes free and open source

  • Joins Transmeta Corporation

    Joins Transmeta Corporation

  • linux kernel 2.0 released

    linux kernel 2.0 released
    better stability and improvements made

  • Leaves Transmeta to work full-time on the Linux kernel

  • Creates Git, a distributed version control system

    Creates Git, a distributed version control system

  • Inducted into the Computer History Museum's Hall of Fellows

  • linux version 2.6.29 "tux on ice"

  • Inducted into the Computer History Museum's Hall of Fellows

  • Awarded the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award.

    Awarded the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award.

  • Receives the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award