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Linus Torvalds - Finnish-American software engineer

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Software Contributions

Beyond the Linux kernel, Linus has contributed to other software projects, either directly or indirectly through his work on the kernel. This timeline summarizes those contributions.
Early Utilities and Patches
Early 1990s
Linus created several utilities and patches that were essential to the early functionality of Linux. He wrote device drivers, file system code, and networking utilities.
Git Version Control System
Throughout Linux Development
Linus Torvalds created Git in 2005 in order to better manage the development of Linux. The adoption of Git vastly improved the Linux development workflow.

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