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Linus Torvalds created Linux as a free, open source computer operating system. Initially incorporating MINIX code, it eventually made the shift to GNU, making Linux 100% free and open source. ---- Linus Torvalds. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y_ESIDYRHpk/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAQtI/4Ztq84zsJuU/photo.jpg.
1991 - Linus Torvalds Invents the First Version of Linux
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer. He was born on December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. He is most well known for creating Linux, a free and open-source operating system based on the Unix system. While attending the University of Helsinki, Torvalds became infatuated with operating systems. Frustrated by the licensing of MINIX, another Unix-esque operating system, Torvalds began to work on his own operating system. Torvalds first started developing Linux in January of 1991, when he bought an Intel 80386-based IBM PC and received a copy of MINIX. Torvalds originally did not plan for Linux to get so big, even doubting that many people would use the system. However, due to Linux's free/open source model, which allows anyone to download, copy, or contribute to the operating system's code, as well as download the entire operating system for free, drew in millions of fans and users. People across the world began to use Linux at alarming rates. After seeing the amount of users after the official Linux 1.0 release on March 14, 1994, Torvalds made the shift from MINIX based components to GNU based components. Torvalds decided to make the shift because the GNU GPL was a freely available type of code, that did not prohibit commercial redistribution. After fully implementing the GNU GPL into the Linux operating system, Linux was finally 100% free and open source, with no lingering MINIX or UNIX licenses.
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer. He was born on December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. He is most well known for creating Linux, a free and open-source operating system based on the Unix system. While attending the University of Helsinki, Torvalds became infatuated with operating systems. Frustrated by the licensing of MINIX, another Unix-esque operating system, Torvalds began to work on his own operating system. Torvalds first started developing Linux in January of 1991, when he bought an Intel 80386-based IBM PC and received a copy of MINIX. Torvalds originally did not plan for Linux to get so big, even doubting that many people would use the system. However, due to Linux's free/open source model, which allows anyone to download, copy, or contribute to the operating system's code, as well as download the entire operating system for free, drew in millions of fans and users. People across the world began to use Linux at alarming rates. After seeing the amount of users after the official Linux 1.0 release on March 14, 1994, Torvalds made the shift from MINIX based components to GNU based components. Torvalds decided to make the shift because the GNU GPL was a freely available type of code, that did not prohibit commercial redistribution. After fully implementing the GNU GPL into the Linux operating system, Linux was finally 100% free and open source, with no lingering MINIX or UNIX licenses.
Justification - Linus Torvalds and the operating system Linux were included in this project for a good reason. Torvalds started developing Linux with one goal in mind: to create a free and open source operating system that anyone could download or contribute to. Initially started with MINIX, a UNIX-like operating system, Torvalds made the jump to GNU after seeing how many concurrent users he had. This jump truly made Linux a 100% free and open source operating system. This invention helped improve the world.