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Who created the Linux kernel?

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Linus Torvalds
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The original author/developer who wrote the Linux kernel; later community contributions do not change the creator attribution.
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www.kernel.org, en.wikipedia.org, linus torvalds' original usenet announcement (comp.os.minix, 25 aug 1991) and the linux kernel archives history page (kernel.org) both credit linus torvalds as the creator of the linux kernel., linux foundation, leadership (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/leadership); linux foundation, linux creator linus torvalds honored by nec c&c foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/press-release/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-honored-by-nec-cc-foundation), linux kernel archives (kernel.org) and wikipedia "linux kernel" article both attribute original authorship of the linux kernel to linus torvalds, who began development in 1991., linux kernel archives, kernel.org/category/about.html, which states linux was created by linus torvalds in 1991, linux kernel git history and widely documented history (e.g. linux foundation, kernel.org) attribute the creation of the linux kernel to linus torvalds, who began writing it in 1991 as a student at the university of helsinki., linux kernel organization, about linux kernel: https://www.kernel.org/linux.html, linux kernel wikipedia article and the linux foundation's history of linux both state that linus torvalds created the linux kernel in 1991., wikipedia, "linux kernel" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/linux_kernel): "the kernel was created by linus torvalds in 1991." corroborated by the kernel's own git tree at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git, whose maintainer namespace is torvalds.

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