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๐งโ๐ป Pioneers & Inventors
Linus Torvalds
Created the Linux kernel; the open-source OS that powers 96% of the world's servers
Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ 1991 Pioneers & Inventors
Key Facts
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Created the Linux kernel in 1991 as a 21-year-old student at the University of Helsinki
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Linux runs on 96% of web servers, 100% of top 500 supercomputers, and powers Android (3 billion+ devices)
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Created Git (2005) โ the distributed version control system used by GitHub, GitLab and nearly all developers globally
๐ก Did you know? Torvalds also created Git (2005) โ the version control system used by virtually every software developer
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Pioneers & Inventors
Country
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
Year / Era
1991
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Created the Linux kernel