Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969) began the development of Linux, an operating system kernel, and today acts as the project coordinator.
Inspired by Minix (a kernel and operating system developed by Andrew Tanenbaum), he felt the need for a capable UNIX operating system that he could run on his home PC.
Torvalds did the original development of the Linux kernel primarily in his own time and on his equipment.
