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9 AristotlePagaltzis 1 !!! The Rampantly Unofficial Linus Torvalds FAQ
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 3 … a collection of trivia and personal facts about Linus.
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 5 # ! Basic facts
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 7 Linus was born December 28th 1969 in Finland. He grew up in Helsinki, the capital of Finland and its largest city. He wrote the LinuxKernel while a student at Helsinki University.
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9 [http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/small-linus.jpg]
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 11 # ! How should I pronounce “Linus”?
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 13 If you’re speaking Swedish (his milk tongue) it’s [/lee'nus/|http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/swedish.au]
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 15 If you’re speaking English, Linus answers to either /lie'nus/ (long i) or /li'nus/ (short i). We have a sound file of Linus [pronouncing his name in English|http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/english.au].
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17 # ! If Linus is Finnish, why is his birth language Swedish?
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 19 Finland has a significant (about 6%) Swedish-speaking minority population. They call themselves “finlandssvensk” or “finlandssvenskar” and consider themselves Finns; many of their families have lived in Finland for centuries. Swedish is one of Finland’s two official languages.
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 21 # ! What is Linus’s middle name?
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 23 Many people seem to think think Linus’s middle name is “God”. A few claim it ought to be Eric. But in fact his middle name is “Benedict”. He doesn’t use it much.
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25 # ! Where does Linus live?
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 27 He’s now resident in Portland, Oregon USA. Until 2004 he lived in Santa Clara, California, USA, having moved there from Helsinki in early 1997.
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 29 # ! Does Linus have a weblog?
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 31 Yes, see [http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/]. (He has a homepage at [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~torvalds] too, but it is long outdated.)
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 33 # ! What TextEditor and MailClient does Linus use?
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11 AristotlePagaltzis 35 He uses neither [Emacs] nor [vi|vi(1)], but ~MicroEmacs. His MailClient is Alpine, an improved [PINE] clone.
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9 AristotlePagaltzis 37 # ! Has Linus ever been wrong about anything?
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10 AristotlePagaltzis 39 Yes, once. He was, by his own admission, “not rational” about the binding of the Linux backspace key. This is also about the only time he has ever pulled rank on anybody.
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9 AristotlePagaltzis 41 We suppose this just goes to show he really is human after all.
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9 AristotlePagaltzis 43 (Linus does not get put into Category:Politics; he just does the job, he very carefully avoids all the politicing surrounding [Free] vs [free] etc.)
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