Linus Torvalds
Creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel
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| 2024 | Excluded Russian developers from the list of Linux kernel maintainers, commenting against Russian aggression. |
| 2019 | The Carnegie Corporation of New York honored Torvalds with the Great Immigrants Award. |
| 2018 | Honored with the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award, recognizing his influential work in technology and software development. |
| October 22 2018 | Returned to maintaining the Linux kernel after his period of personal reflection. |
| September 16 2018 | Linux kernel Code of Conflict was replaced by a new Code of Conduct. Torvalds apologized for past personal attacks and announced a period of 'time off' to improve his interpersonal skills. |
| 2014 | Received the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award for his significant contributions to computer science and open-source software development. |
| 2012 | During a talk at Aalto University, publicly criticized Nvidia, calling them the 'single worst company' in kernel development. |
| 2012 | Awarded the Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland, shared with Shinya Yamanaka, in recognition of creating the open source Linux kernel. |
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