Linux was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
Why it is true
The Linux kernel was created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish student, in 1991, when he was 21 years old. He made the code available for free on the internet and thousands of programmers contributed to its development, making it one of the most used operating systems in the world.
Source: Linux Foundation
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