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Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finnland.
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Began to show interest in computers at age 11, with a Commodore VIC-20.
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Torvalds bought his first computer, a Sinclair QL, first 32-bit computer for at home use.
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Torvalds began to attend the University of Helsinki.
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Served in the Finnish Army Uusimaa brigade, Finland military.
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After feeling dissapointed with UNIX's limitations, Torvalds created his own operating system, at the time described as a combination of MINIX and UNIX.
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Completed crude version of his operating system.
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Announced the first official version of his new software LINUX, word play on Linus's MINIX.
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Torvalds graduated the University of Helsinki with a Master's in computer science.
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Torvalds and his family moved to Santa Clara, California, accepted a position with Transmeta Corporation in commercial software development.
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Torvalds became a millionair when presented with stock options from Redhat and VA Linux.
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Named as one of the world's top 100 innovators under age 35.
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Founded in Beaverton, Oregon.
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Founded in San Francisco, Californa, sponsors Trovalds to work on Linux full-time.
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Obtained US citizenship.
