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-!!The Rampantly Unofficial Linus Torvalds FAQ
+!
!! The Rampantly Unofficial Linus Torvalds FAQ
+
...a collection of trivia and personal facts about Linus.
-!1.
Who is Linus Torvalds?
-He wrote the Linux kernel. If you don't know that, why are you reading this?
+#
! Who is Linus Torvalds?
+
+
He wrote the Linux kernel. If you don't know that, why are you reading this?
+
+# ! What does he look like?
+
+ [http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/small-linus.jpg]
+
+# ! How should I pronounce "Linus"?
+
+ If you're speaking Swedish (his milk tongue) it's /lee'nus/. You can hear this in an [audio file|http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/swedish.au]
+
+ 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].
+
+# ! Where is Linus from?
+
+ Finland. He grew up in Helsinki (the capital of Finland and its largest city). He wrote the Linux kernel while a student at Helsinki University.
+
+# ! When was he born?
+
+ December 28th 1969.
+
+# ! If Linus is Finnish, why is his birth language Swedish?
+
+ 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.
+
+# ! What is Linus's middle name?
+
+ 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.
+
+# ! Where does Linus live?
+
+ 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.
+
+# ! Does Linus have a home page
?
-!2. What does he look like?
-catb
.org
/~esr/faqs/linus/small-linus
.jpg]
+ He has one at
[http://www
.cs.helsinki.fi
/~torvalds]; it's got an animated penguin and cute pictures of his baby daughter Patricia Miranda Torvalds
.
-!3. How should I pronounce `
Linus'
?
-If you're speaking Swedish (his milk tongue) it's /lee'nus/. You can hear this in an [audio file|http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/swedish.au]
-%%%
-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].
+#
! What editor and mail reader does
Linus use
?
-!4. Where is
Linus from?
-Finland. He grew up
in Helsinki
(the capital of Finland and its largest city
). He wrote the Linux kernel while
a student at Helsinki University
.
+
Linus deftly avoids the most persistent ReligiousWar
in the [Hacker] community by using neither [Emacs] nor [vi|vi
(1
)]
. He uses !MicroEmacs. And, we are told, Pine as
a mail reader
.
-!5. When was he born
?
-December 28th 1969.
+#
! What is Linus's email address
?
-!6
. If Linus is Finnish, why is his birth language Swedish?
-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
.
+ At one time you could probably reach him at torvalds@transmeta
.com
. You could probably find it easily enough
or just go read the kernel mailing list to find out what he is up to
. He
's keeping a blog on the [Linux Foundation|http://www.linuxfoundation.org/] website these days
.
-!7
. What is Linus
's middle name?
-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
.
+ Note: because Linus is who he is, he gets a staggering amount of email that he has to deal with
. Don
't waste his time.
Linus is too nice a guy
to hurt you if you abuse this address, but there are probably about a hundred thousand people who would
be displeased enough to mess with you if you did
.
-!8. Where
does Linus live?
-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.
+#
! What
does Linus do when he
's not hacking Linux?
-!9
. Does Linus have a home page?
-He has one at [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~torvalds]; it's got an animated penguin and cute pictures of
his baby daughter
Patricia Miranda Torvalds
.
+ * He works for the Open Source Development Lab
.
+ *
He plays with
his baby daughters,
Patricia Miranda and Daniela.
+ * He drinks beer (especially Guinness). Occasionally he shoots pistols. He does not combine these two activities.
+ * He enjoys driving his BMW Z3.
+ * Yes, he in fact has a life. We await enlightenment on his other leisure-time activities. Assuming he wants to talk about them
.
-!10. What editor and mail reader does
Linus use
?
-Linus deftly avoids the most persistent ReligiousWar in the [Hacker] community by using neither [Emacs] nor [vi|vi(1)]. He uses !MicroEmacs. And, we are told, Pine as a mail reader.
+#
! Linus took a job with a non-Linux company
?
-!11
. What
is Linus's email address?
-At
one time you could probably reach him at torvalds@transmeta
.com. You could probably find it easily enough
or just go read the kernel mailing list to find out what he is up to
.
He's keeping a blog on the [Linux Foundation|http://www.linuxfoundation.org/] website these days
.
+ Yes, he did
. There
is a rumor that he considered going to work for Red Hat, but did not want to show favoritism towards any
one Linux vendor
. Linus has declined to either confirm
or deny this rumor
. He uses Red Hat at work and SuSE at home
.
-%%%
-Note: because
Linus is who he is, he gets a staggering amount of email that he has to deal with. Don't waste his time. Linus is too nice a guy to hurt you if you abuse this address, but there are probably
about a hundred thousand people who would be displeased enough to mess with you if you did.
+# ! Has
Linus ever been wrong
about anything?
-!12
. What does Linus do when he's not hacking Linux?
-*
He works for the Open Source Development Lab.
-* He plays with
his baby daughters
, Patricia Miranda and Daniela.
-* He drinks beer (especially Guinness). Occasionally he shoots pistols. He does
not combine these two activities
.
-* He enjoys driving his BMW Z3.
-* Yes,
he in fact
has a life. We await enlightenment
on his other leisure-time activities. Assuming he wants to talk about them
.
+ 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
.
-!13. Linus took a job with a non-Linux company?
-Yes,
he did. There
is a rumor that he considered going to work for Red Hat, but did not want to show favoritism towards any one Linux vendor. Linus has declined to either confirm or deny this rumor. He uses Red Hat at work and SuSE at home
.
+ We suppose this just goes to show
he really
is human after all
.
-!13. Has
Linus ever been wrong about anything?
-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.
-%%%
-We suppose this
just goes to show
he really is human after
all.
+ (
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
.)
-(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.)
+# ! Is there anyone else who often gets forgotten when we talk about Linux?
-!14. Is there anyone else who often gets forgotten when we talk about Linux?
-
+
Yes. [RMS] is often forgotten. Remember, he actually probably wrote more of [GNU]/[Linux] than Linus did (The OS, not the kernel).
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