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Thousands of people and hundreds of organizations, but the guy in charge is Linus Torvalds.
Linus Torvalds in 1991
Linus Torvalds
An operating system is usually defined as a collection of software used to create a complete and usable system. By that definition, he did not create any operating system. Torvalds created the most important piece of an operating system, a kernel. The kernel he created is called Linux.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the linux kernel
The Linux kernel is named for its creator, Linus Torvalds. The practice of appending an X was for Unix and Unix-like systems.
If you mean inventing the Linux Kernel, then it's Linus Torvalds. I
Linus Torvalds's birth name is Linus Benedict Torvalds.
The LUnix kernel and most of the userland was written by Daniel Dollman.
Linus Torvalds, born in December 28, 1969 is a Finnish software engineer and hacker. Linus is known for being behind the development of the Linux kernel and for writing a Pac-Man clone name Cool Man.
Linus Torvalds has: Played himself in "A-studio" in 1971. Played Himself - Creator, Linux Kernel in "Revolution OS" in 2001. Played himself in "The Code" in 2001. Performed in "Click Online: Linus Torvalds" in 2002. Played himself in "The 5 Keys to Mastery" in 2005.
The Linux kernel was originally written by Linus Torvalds (Linux is only one letter away from Linus) Over time most of the Linux kernel has been modified by many people in the open source community, however Linus still oversees the project.