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Birth
Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1969 -
Torvalds interest in computers began.
His interest in computers began with a Commodore VIC-20,[17] at the age of 11 in 1981, initially programming in BASIC, but later by directly accessing the 6502 CPU in machine code. -
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Torvalds attended the University of Helsinki between 1988 and 1996
Torvalds attended the University of Helsinki between 1988 and 1996, graduating with a master's degree in computer science from the NODES research group. -
Torvald joined the Finnish Army
He joined the Finnish Army Uusimaa brigade, in the summer of 1989, selecting the 11-month officer training program to fulfill the mandatory military service of Finland. -
The first prototypes of Linux were publicly released
The first prototypes of Linux were publicly released later that year (1991). -
Torvalds used Stallman's GNU General Public License
Torvalds first encountered the GNU Project in 1991, after another Swedish-speaking computer science student, Lars Wirzenius, took him to the University of Technology to listen to free software-guru Richard Stallman's speech. Torvalds used Stallman's GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) for his Linux kernel. -
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Torvalds then moved to the Open Source Development Labs, which has since merged with the Free Standards Group to become the Linux Foundation
After a visit to Transmeta in late 1996,Torvalds accepted a position at the company in California, where he would work from February 1997 until June 2003. He then moved to the Open Source Development Labs, which has since merged with the Free Standards Group to become the Linux Foundation, under whose auspices he continues to work. In June 2004, Torvalds and his family moved to Dunthorpe, Oregon to be closer to the OSDL's Beaverton, Oregon-based headquarters -
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Torvalds was involved in 86open helping to choose the standard binary format for Linux and Unix.
From 1997 to 1999, he was involved in 86open helping to choose the standard binary format for Linux and Unix. -
In 1999, Torvalds was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the world's top 100 innovators under age 35
In 1999, he was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the world's top 100 innovators under age 35 -
Red Hat and VA Linux presented Torvalds with stock options in gratitude for his creation.
In 1999, Red Hat and VA Linux, both leading developers of Linux-based software, presented Torvalds with stock options in gratitude for his creation. That same year both companies went public and Torvalds's share value temporarily shot up to roughly US$20 million -
In 2008, Torvalds stated that he used the Fedora distribution of Linux
In 2008, Torvalds stated that he used the Fedora distribution of Linux because it had fairly good support for the PowerPC processor architecture, which he had favored at the time. -
Torvalds usage of Fedora was confirmed.
His usage of Fedora was confirmed in a later 2012 interview -
Linux Kernel Code of Conflict was suddenly replaced by a new Code of Conduct based on the Contributor Covenant
On Sunday, September 16, 2018 the Linux Kernel Code of Conflict was suddenly replaced by a new Code of Conduct based on the Contributor Covenant. -
Linus went back to maintaining the kernel
Following the release of Linux 4.19 on October 22, Linus went back to maintaining the kernel. -
Linus apologized for his behavior, calling the personal attacks of the past "unprofessional and uncalled for" and announced a period of "time off" to "get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately".
In the release notes for Linux 4.19-rc4, Linus apologized for his behavior, calling the personal attacks of the past "unprofessional and uncalled for" and announced a period of "time off" to "get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately".