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    Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ˈliːnəs ˈtɔːrvɔːldz/ LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American...
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  • book The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1999), and was named in honor of Linus Torvalds. A more formal statement is: "Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer...
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    Swedo-Finnish Torvalds is the son of the poet Ole Torvalds, and the father of the software engineer Linus Torvalds of Linux kernel fame. Torvalds was a member...
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  • trip with Linus Torvalds and Miika Turkia". plus.google.com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.[permanent dead link] Torvalds, Linus (30 August...
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    The Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate was a written debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding the Linux kernel and kernel architecture...
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  • Angry? LET IT ALL OUT says Linus Torvalds". The Register. Retrieved 8 November 2015. Clarke, Gavin (7 November 2012). "Torvalds: I want to be nice, and curse...
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    Git (category Linus Torvalds)
    Torvalds, Linus (10 June 2007). "Re: fatal: serious inflate inconsistency". git (Mailing list). Linus Torvalds (3 May 2007). Google tech talk: Linus Torvalds...
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    Linux (redirect from LinuX)
    an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution (distro), which...
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    Linux kernel (category Linus Torvalds)
    1999). "Interview: Linus Torvalds". Linux Journal. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2009. Torvalds, Linus Benedict (26 August...
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  • History of Linux (category Linus Torvalds)
    Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has...
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    and grandfather of software engineer Linus Torvalds famous for the Linux kernel. His full name was Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg, but he was also named Karanko...
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    Tux (mascot) (category Linus Torvalds)
    from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. According to Jeff Ayers, Linus Torvalds had a "fixation for flightless, fat waterfowl" and Torvalds claims...
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    1991, the Linux kernel appeared, developed outside the GNU project by Linus Torvalds, and in December 1992 it was made available under version 2 of the GNU...
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    the war between Linus Torvalds and other Kernel developers and the Free Software Foundation over GPLv3 is continuing, with Torvalds saying he's fed up...
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    2022-09-07. Torvalds, Linus (2022-08-14). "Linux 6.0-rc1". LWN.net. Retrieved 2022-09-07. Vaughan-Nichols, Steven (2022-09-19). "Linus Torvalds: Rust will...
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    Implementation and MINIX were Linus Torvalds' inspiration for the Linux kernel. In his autobiography Just for Fun, Torvalds describes it as "the book that...
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    historical significance as one of the earliest programs ported to Linux by Linus Torvalds, alongside the GNU Compiler (GCC). It is available on nearly all modern...
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    an estimated 1.2 million users, and is also the distribution used by Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel (as of May 2020[update]). Fedora has a...
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  • hackers and entrepreneurs including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian...
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    fundamental software that underpins GitHub is Git itself, written by Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux. The additional software that provides the GitHub...
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    SVN repositories. Raymond coined an aphorism he dubbed Linus's law, inspired by Linus Torvalds: "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow". It first...
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  • Torvalds, asteroid named for Linus Torvalds Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate, debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds about Linux and kernel architecture...
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    Isabelle "Belle" Darling (1881–1926).: 22  He was named "Linus Carl", in honor of Lucy's father, Linus, and Herman's father, Carl.: 8  His ancestry included...
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  • the mythological Linus, son of the muse Calliope and the inventor of melody and rhythm, the name was also meant to honor Linus Torvalds, inventor of the...
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    "Linus Torvalds says "f--k you" to NVIDIA". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2024. "Linus Torvalds: 'fuck...
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    became the subject of increased interest in the FOSS community after Linus Torvalds mentioned it as a possible replacement for BitKeeper in the Linux development...
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  • which it inherited from the classic Mac OS. Operating system designer Linus Torvalds had criticized HFS+, saying it is "probably the worst file system ever"...
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    first female Linux Foundation Fellow, joining notable figures such as Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman as the third fellow at the time. Born in India...
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  • an organization which administers the "Linux" trademark on behalf of Linus Torvalds for computer software which includes the Linux kernel, computer hardware...
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  • 28, 2023. "Torvalds 'pretty pleased' about new GPL 3 draft". CNet news.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Torvalds, Linus (June 13, 2007)...
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