When you picture the workspace of the person who created the Linux kernel—the software that powers the vast majority of the world’s ...

Linux’s luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite long-standing reports of burnout in the open source software development realm, Linux is as strong as ever — though he acknowledges his ...

At the Open Source Summit (OSS) Europe event in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 16, the always colorful Linus Torvalds took the stage in a fireside chat to detail his views on the latest open source and ...

Anybody can contribute to the Linux kernel, but any person’s commit suggestion can become the focus of the kernel’s master and namesake, Linus Torvalds. Torvalds is famously not overly committed to ...

“Linus is having a lot of success building the best operating system in the world, and he has been able to achieve that while crossing the chasm to mainstream adoption,” says Stuart Cohen, ...

Linus Torvalds is annoyed by non-informative links in proposed Linux code changes. Many of these useless links come from AI dev programs and other automated tools. Torvalds doesn't want to see links ...

An extraordinary image has been shared on LinkedIn, capturing the first meeting between two legends of the tech world. In the center of the group photo, you can see Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds ...

In August 1991, a student at the University of Helsinki posted a request to an Internet discussion group asking for help on a project to build a free computer operating system (OS). Linus Torvalds ...

Linus Torvalds was just 21 when he changed the world. Working out of his family’s apartment in Helsinki in 1991, he wrote the kernel of a new computer operating system called Linux that he posted for ...