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Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland on 1969.12.28.
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Linus Torvalds studied in University of Helsinki during 1988 to 1996 and he graduated with a degree as Computer Science Master.
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Linus Torvalds took his first C programming class in 1990 at University of Helsinki, Finland.
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The first prototype of Linux, version 0.01 was released by Linus in September 1991.
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Linus Torvalds first time learned about GNU General Public License by Richard Stallman. He decided to publish Linux Kernel under GNU GPL version 2.0
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Since version 0.95, Linux kernel is capable to run X Window System and version 1.0.0 is more developed with 176250 lines of code in it.
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Linus Torvalds had a lawsuit with Della Croce who encroached the trademark of "Linux". Linus won and this organization administrates the "Linux" trademark owned by Linus Torvalds.
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Linus Torvalds was invited to work at Transmeta Corporation in California
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During 1997 to 1999, Linus Torvalds was working on choosing a standard binary format for Linux and Unix.
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In 1999, Linus Torvalds was elected by MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world. He was only 30-year-old then.
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In 1999, Red Hat and VA Linux offered him stock that was worth 20 million dollars after they went public,
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After working at Transmeta, Linus then combined Open Source Development Labs with Free Standards Group into Linux Foundation which is an organization that works to promote and accelerate the development and application of Linux into industries.
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In 2004, Linus Torvalds was named as one of the most influential inventors in the world by Britannica.
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In 2005, Linus Torvalds created Git which is a version-control system for developers to cooperate on the development of a project. It was initially designed for the development of Linux Kernel, but now it has been used broadly in projects. Git is open-sourced under GNU GPL.Git website
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Millennium Technology Prize is on the same level with Nobel Prize in the fields of technology. Linus together with Shinya Yamanaka won this prize in 2012.
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In 2014, Linus Torvalds was awarded by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This award was given to those individuals who has important contribution to computer field longer than fifteen years.
