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Linus Torvald

By Jshipp7
  • Birth

    Birth

    Born in Helsinki, Finland
  • Announces Linux Project on comp.os.mix

    Announces Linux Project on comp.os.mix

    Starts programming with Commodore VIC-20. The exact date is not known.
  • University of Helsinki

    University of Helsinki

    He began his studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. It took him roughly 9 years to get his master's degree because he went part-time as he was working on the Linux project.
  • 386 PC purchase

    386 PC purchase

    Linus buys his first 386 PC in January of 1991.
  • Creates 1st Linux Kernel

    Creates 1st Linux Kernel

    He finished creating and uploading the 1st Linux Kernel, Linux 0.01
  • Post 1st announcement of Linux

    Post 1st announcement of Linux

    Linus made his 1st announcement of Linux on comp.os.minix.
  • Linux GPL license

    Linux GPL license

    Linux had relicensing under the GNU GPL (GPL adoption).
  • Linux 1.0 Offical Release.

    Linux 1.0 Offical Release.

    Linus released Linux v1.0 offically.
  • Corporate Backing

    Corporate Backing

    First major corporate backing from IBM.
  • Linus departs Transmeta

    Linus departs Transmeta

    In January 2003, Linus departed Transmeta for OSDL.
  • Git maintainership handed off

    Git maintainership handed off

    The Git maintainership was handed off to Junio Hamano, in April 2005.
  • Initial GIT commit

    Initial GIT commit

    Git initial commit / Git becomes self-hosted.
  • Linux 2.0

    Linux 2.0

    Linux surpassed Windows as the OS for most of the supercomputers. Today, 495 out of the 500 supercomputers run using Linux.
  • Millennium Technology Award

    Millennium Technology Award

    In 2012, He won the Millennium Technology prize award.
  • Continued Linux Legacy

    Continued Linux Legacy

    Linux is widely used in embedded devices, as well as used for most supercomputers today.