Linus Benedict Torvalds[a] (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991.

Linus Torvalds is a Finnish computer scientist who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux operating system.

May 23, 2025 · In April 1991, Linus Torvalds, a 21-year-old student of computer science at the University of Helsinki, Finland, began his personal project — to create a new operating system …

Apr 13, 2026 · Linus Torvalds has officially unleashed Linux 7.0. From "corner case" AI fixes to major performance boosts, here is how the world's most famous open-source kernel is evolving for 2026.

Feb 8, 2026 · Linus Torvalds confirms Linux 7.0 as being the next major kernel series, expected in mid-March 2026, and on February 22nd for public testing.

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux Operating System, was born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. His grandfather had a Commodore VIC-20 that he had the opportunity to work with; by age …

Apr 13, 2026 · Linus Torvalds has released version 7.0 of the Linux kernel. As The Register has previously reported, kernel boss Linus Torvalds doesn’t think kernel version numbers signify anything …

Dec 2, 2023 · Meet Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux—the open-source kernel that revolutionized computing and powers our digital world.

Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel and oversaw open source development of the widely-used Linux operating system. Torvalds was born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland. Torvalds enrolled …

6 days ago · Linux, computer operating system created in the early 1990s by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds and the Free Software Foundation. Because it is open-source, and thus modifiable for …