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It began with a the simple request of a Linux Journal subscriber -- does
Linus have his own web page?

Naturally, I knew who he meant; he had to mean Linus Torvalds -- creator of
Linux. One of the people to achieve -- well, in the computing community, at
least -- the kind of fame that Sinatra has, or Prince, or Fabio . . . the
kind of people who are well-known enough you can identify them with just one
name.

My first thought when I read the question was, "Well, sure, he must have a
web page; a net-savvy guy like Linus? Of course he does." So I fired up my
web search engine of choice, and fired off my query.

It turns out, of course, that he does have a web page. Here it is. It's not
much of a page; not surprisingly, Linus is much too busy hacking the Linux
kernel and having a life to put too much effort into dashing off frivolous
web pages. (Unlike some of us.)

I sent out a response to my e-mail and went on with my day.

But I kept thinking about all the hits I'd got on my Alta Vista query; about
4,000! Now, I'm sure a lot of those pages just mention Linus in passing, but
a few of them had to be pages with more information about the shyest hacker
ever to have his own cult of personality. I had to check them out.

Here are the best of them. If you know of any more sites with information
about Linus, please drop us a line. Thanks!

Linus Torvalds Tribute
by Michael Montoure
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