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Sometimes you read things, you see things and use things – and you’re just amazed by it, every creation has its creator. There’s an artist behind a painting I can point too. I personally think I would be missing out if I thought otherwise. Now hey, you can believe otherwise and say things just appear out of no where but you’re really cutting yourself short of some really good stuff. And if you want to really dig in deep into something, then you’d consider the mind behind the machine. <\/p>\n

Yeah I know what you’re thinking – who names anyone Linus? Well replace that “s” with an “x” in Linus and you get the most powerful open source operating system that’s ever walked the face of this earth – LINUX.<\/p>\n

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Well I only say that because it’s mascot is actually a Penguin. <\/p>\n

\"Tux<\/p>\n

Alright if you’re curious why a penguin or by name, “Tux” or (T)orvalds (U)ni(X). Yeah it looks a little cryptic, but look at the abbreviations it spells out “T.U.X”. When one usually thinks of tuxedo’s, penguins come to mind and what better way to hold a logo submission contest for the best lookin’ penguin around. <\/p>\n

If you don’t already know, Linux software is like the god of operating systems. Linux has a brother though – his name is Windows. If you’re a PC user, you’re using Windows. If you’re a mac user, you’re using a flavor of Unix, which is basically Linux. Linux is on all over our android devices and personally it’s my favorite operating system – hey, I’m a big fan of open source. <\/p>\n

So this post is actually based on a Youtube Video Review, you can check out here – Linux Torvalds – The man behind Linux<\/a>. I intentionally subtitled this post “The mind behind the Linux” just to generalize a higher level of understanding, in a philosophical sense. I randomly stumbled upon it while I was taking a quick break from programming. I was excited to have landed on this hidden gem. Linus Torvalds is a well respected name among programming nerds and if you know your Linux history then you’re a true programmer. <\/p>\n

So let’s start out with Linus’ headquarters – where all the coding magic happens. <\/p>\n

\"Linus<\/p>\n

Yeah you were probably expecting some sophisticated gadgetry or like 4 screens at least. Linus knows better, a true programmer needs to steer clear of clutter and any distractions. Programming is much like building a machine with a mind of its own. Programming is also a lot like surgery when a machine is broken. Yeah, I just got into some serious stuff there. <\/p>\n

Linus likes to describe his code cave as follows<\/p>\n