Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel in 1991 while a student at the University of Helsinki. Linux-based systems now underpin the majority of the world's servers, supercomputers, and Android smartphones.
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Creator of the World's Most-Used Operating System Kernel
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