Linus Benedict Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born in Helsinki, Finland, 28 December 1969; age 39 years) is a software engineering expert Finland, known as the pioneering development of Linux Kernel. He now serves as coordinator of the project.

Linux terinsipirasi by Minix (an operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum) to develop an operating system similar to Unix-(a Unix-like) that can be run on a PC. Linux can now run on a variety of other architectures.

When Linus Torvalds, a Finnish student self-share share source code (source code) the size of the Linux kernel diskette via the Internet in 1991, he certainly did not suspect that what the start of the birth of a business worth billions of dollars in the future.

He does not even suspect a Linux operating system and most promising, which can dibenamkan into servers, desktop computers, tablet PCs, PDAs, mobile phones, GPS, robots, cars back up to the plane made alik NASA.

Not only that, many maniak Linux (Linuxer) who bought an Apple-made device and replace the operating system with Linux. For me the slightly mad, remember to delete the operating system means Mac & iPod remove dough and replace the system operation is quite difficult compared to Windows-based desktop. Currently, 20% desktop market share in the world using Linux far above and continue to pursue Machintosh Windows desktop. And 12.7% server in the world use Linux, far above UNIX, BSD, Solaris, and continues to increase market share slide the Microsoft server.