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    [–] AlijahTheMediocre@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Who is Linus and why does he Torvalds

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    Ah, that's a interesting story actually.

    See, when he was a little kid, he fell a lot on his head and had quite a few concussions. The Swedish word for concussion is "torva", so they decided to change his sirname in order to scare the concussion daemons away. And that's why Linus can Toldvalds and why he's the only one that can Torvalds.

    [–] Minnels@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    As a Swedish person i just learned a new word.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

    Glad I could help 😊.

    [–] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Wait, isn't he Finnish?

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    No, I think he's Swedish, he just studied in Finland.

    [–] MonkeMischief 3 points 10 months ago

    You could say he Finnished his studies. 😎