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Linus Torvalds
Wrote and maintains Linux kernel. Wrote GIT version control system.
Date of birth: December 28, 1969 edit
Current residence: Portland, Oregon edit
Important software Linus Torvalds has worked on:
Timeline:
| Year |
Event |
| 1969 |
Born |
| 1988 |
Entered University of Helsinki |
| 1991 |
Gets a 386 PC |
| 1996 |
Gets masters degree from University of Helsinki |
| 1998 |
Wins EFF Pioneer award along with Stallman and Barbara Simons |
Links to and from Wikipedia entry (as of 2009-07-05 02:37:50 GMT):
Some handy Google links:
Collected links:
- Linus on garbage collection
- Linus on C++
- How Linus deals with criticism
- 2007 APC Interview
- More on GIT
- Linux ManagementStyle document
- Linus on why pluggable designs are bad
- Linus on scheduler brouhaha
- Discussion of CFS vs SD schedulers.
- Linux kernel coding standard
- More on GPLv3
- Linus on GPLv3
- Interview by Hiroo Yamagata, 1997
- Time names Linus a "Revolutionary Hero"
- Register story about Linus, Bitkeeper, etc.
- Interview in Linux Magazine, 1999
- A collection of links
- Linus on not over-engineering
- Longish post from Linus on why "files don't matter" in GIT
- First Minds interview, 1998
- EFF Pioneer award press release
- EE times interview, 1998
- Summary of Linus vs. Gnome
- Business Week names Linus a "Best Manager"
- Unathorized biography
- Bram Cohen bad-mouths GIT
- Linus vs Cohen, GIT vs Codeville
- Linus on Trademarks
- Interview in SFGate.com, 1998
- Interview in Seattle Times, 2004
- NY Times interview, 2003
- Linus says "Just use KDE"
- Wikipedia
- Interview on CNN.com, 2006
Books:
- Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds & David Diamond (2001)
Articles and Papers: