Linus Torvalds Presentation
Iván Rubert Albiol
Created on October 26, 2024
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Transcript
By: Ivan Rubert Albiol
Linus Torvalds
Index
Personal life
Achievements
Interesting facts
Greetings
Legacy
Personal life
Linus Torvalds was born on 28 December 1969 in Helsinki, FinlandHe met his current wife Tove Torvalds in 1993He has 3 daugthersLinus developed an interest in scuba diving in 2000 and has achieved numerous certifications
Achievements
Git in 2005
GNU/Linux in 1991
Linux version 0.01
GNU/Linux
Torvalds wanted to call the kernel Freax ("free", "freak" and X because it was a Unix-like system), but his friend Ari Lemmke host his repasitory with namo of Linux.On 5 January 1991 he purchased an Intel 80386-based IBM PC clone before receiving his MINIX copy.But he didn't like Minix, so he decided to create an OS himself. Initially, he wrote a low-level program to access his university's computer network via dial-up, then implemented a disk drive to download and upload files, and finally set about creating the first version of Linux.
Git (Version control software)
Legacy
Implementation of Linux:
Pioneer of free software: Encouraged teamwork and new ideas in software development.
Interesting facts
- His wife is a six-time Finnish national karate champion
- Linus started when his grandfather Leo Törnqvist bought one of the first Commodore VIC-20 microcomputers