Hanne's Linux History Page

Tux the Penguin

Tux

Why

The History of Tux the Linux Penguin
Linux 2.0 Logo
Why Linus chose a Penguin

How

Larry Ewing tells us about how he created Tux at
Linux 2.0 Penguins

Tux as vector Graphics
(In German)

And what is he doing?

Tux Hacking
TuX's adventures Down Under
Tux at the ELY in March 1999
The Penguin-Bear Wars
Tux on S/390
The Linux-Penguin!

More penguins and logos...

Icon Store penguin-icons

The LWN Penguin Gallery

Linux Logo Competition

Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds is the guy who wrote Linux. Well, he wrote the kernel, and in the very beginning he did it all by himself. Soon, other people came along, and has done a lot of work with the kernel as well as the rest of the system, but Linus is still programming on the kernel.  Linus is considered the "father" of Linux, and the leader of the kernel development. Linus is from Finland, and he is one of those very rare people who are able to do something they like and do it properly, and at the same time pass their final exams at the university. Linux was born as a system developed by Linus for his own personal needs when he was a student at at the University of Helsinki. Linus' final thesis was about Linux.
I, Cringely: The Pulpit
This article compares not only Linus Torvalds to Bill Gates, but also Mrs. Torvalds to Mrs Gates.
This is a fun article, so don't get offended - read it!

How to pronouce Linux properly.

Since Linus Torvalds is from Finland, many English speaking people has had difficulties concerning how to pronounce Linux. Linus says that there is no "wrong" way of pronouncing Linux - you should pronounce it as you like. But still many people would like to know how Linus himself would pronounce it. Well, you can hear him say it at http://www.linux.org/info/ - in English and in Finnish.  
Linus Torvalds
This is Linus' HomePage. Not much, but it is his!  It has pictures of his oldest daugther, and an animated penguin. Pretty outdated I think :)
Linus - IT-varldens Robin Hood
Interview with Linus (In sweedish)
The Rampantly Unofficial Linus Torvalds FAQ
The basic stuff you need to know about Linus.
Giving It All Away
is an article about Linux and Linus from 1997. Nice photo of Linus Torvalds.

Articles

The Two Towers

The Microsoft Matrix

Andrew Tanenbaum: Linux is obsolete

Linux is a registred trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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