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|~~~~~~~~~ Facts about the Linux Kernel ~~~~~~~~|
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1 ] As of today, only 2% of the Linux kernel has been written by Linus Torvalds. ( creator of Linux )
2 ] The Linux kernel is written in the version of the C programming language.
3 ] Linux kernel 1.0.0 was released with 176,250 lines of code. The latest Linux kernel has over 10 million lines of code.
4 ] The Linux kernel can be found on more than 87% of systems on the world's Top 500 supercomputers.
5 ] A "vanilla kernel" is not an ice cream flavor but an unmodified version of the Linux kernel.
6 ] According to a study funded by the European Union, the estimated cost to redevelop the most recent kernel versions would be at $1.14 billion USD.
7 ] The Linux kernel's official mascot is a penguin named Tux.
8 ] An asteroid was named after the creator of the Linux kernel.
9 ] At first, Torvalds wanted to call the kernel he developed Freax (a combination of "free", "freak", and the letter X to indicate that it is a Unix-like system), but his friend Ari Lemmke, who administered the FTP server where the kernel was first hosted for downloading, named Torvalds' directory Linux.
10] In 1991, the GNU project has no drivers or kernels which nudged Trovalds to develop the Linux kernel.