Linus Benedict Torvalds

Initiator des Linux-Kernels.
Homepage: www.cs.helsinki.fi/Linus.Torvalds

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07-Dec-2001/09-Jan-07

Übersicht

Linus Torvalds

Linux-Kernel

Transmeta

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Torvalds' story has been told many times before. An impecunious university student in Finland in 1991, he wanted a more capable operating system for his low-end PC than any vendor would supply at low cost. His solution: write his own. A second seminal decision was to share his work. Before long, his early experiments in writing a Unix-like kernel had spread to far more fellow experimenters than expected, and the Linux phenomenon took off.

Today, Torvalds is still a working programmer, employed by Transmeta Corporation (www.transmeta.com). Along with his busy work schedule, he continues to make many of the crucial technical decisions for Linux. He also makes time for a wholesome family life.

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Im September 2001 wurde Torvalds von der Takeda-Foundation für das Linux-Projekt ausgezeichnet.

Quellennachweis Abbildung: http://nl.linux.org/whatis/linus.jpg, http://www.linuxjournal.com/.../4037f1.gif, http://www.linux-mag.com/.../lm50_40.jpg.

Usenet-Postings

Beginn der Entwicklung des Linux Kernels:

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Gcc-1.40 and a posix-question
Message-ID: <1991Jul3.100050.9886@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 3 Jul 91 10:00:50 GMT
Hello netlanders,
Due to a project I'm working on (in minix), I'm interested in the posix
standard definition. Could somebody please point me to a (preferably)
machine-readable format of the latest posix rules? Ftp-sites would be
nice.

Die erste Version des Linux Kernels wurde von Linus Torvalds am 17. September 1991 im Usenet angekündigt:

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)
Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

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