10 Both Linux and Git were created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish-American software engineer. He created the Linux kernel in 1991 as a free operating system project and later built Git in 2005 as a fast, distributed version control system to help manage the development of Linux itself.About Linus TorvaldsBorn: December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland.Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki.Current role: Continues to lead and oversee development of the Linux kernel.Linux (1991)Started as a student hobby project to build a free, Unix-like operating system kernel.Announced publicly via a famous post on Usenet in August 1991.Powers the majority of the internet's servers, cloud infrastructure, embedded systems, and Android devices today.Git (2005)Built out of necessity in just about 10 to 14 days.Created after the free-of-charge license for a previous proprietary tool (BitKeeper) used by the Linux kernel team was revoked.Designed for high speed, data integrity, and distributed collaboration, and has since become the global standard for software development.Would you like to know more about how Git works under the hood or the early history of the Linux kernel? #linux - @math_its_my_wife