---
title: Linus Torvalds
type: Person
tags: [linux, git, open-source, kernel]
---
# Linus Torvalds
Creator of Linux and Git, two of the most influential open source projects in history.
## Observations
- [name] Linus Torvalds
- [role] Software engineer and open source leader
- [expertise] Operating system kernel development
- [expertise] Version control systems
- [expertise] Low-level systems programming
- [email] torvalds@linux-foundation.org
- [born] 1969
- [fact] Created Linux in 1991 as a university student in Helsinki
- [fact] Created Git in 2005 to manage Linux kernel development
- [quote] "Talk is cheap. Show me the code."
## Relations
- works_at [[Linux Foundation]]
- created [[Linux]]
- created [[Git]]
