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Revision as of 00:41, April 9, 2011
Linus Torvalds is a software engineer from Finland whose best-known accomplishment is the initiation of the development of the open source operating system Linux, starting in 1991. He remains the lead coordinator of the project and self-styled "benevolent dictator of Planet Linux". Torvalds has remained a prolific contributor to the project, and as of 2006, had written fully 2% of the code in the kernel. He is also noted for initiating the Git project for version control.
Torvalds has a more pragmatic view of the open source model than other prominent developers, including Richard Stallman. Though an advocate of the open source development model, Torvalds insists that he uses the "best tool for the job", and has been known to use certain proprietary software in the past.
Allegations of being a communist
Some people have suggested after reading some of Torvald's blog posts and website, that he is a hardline communist, and he is also from a former communist country. Torvalds is also friends with admitted communists.
Religion
Tarvald's rejects the LORD and is an atheist. [1]
Linux
Torvalds is the maker of Linux a rather incomplete operating system that is very hard to use.
