Q. Who developed the operating system Linux started as a project by a student of Finland?
Answer: Linus Torvalds
Notes: In 1991, while studying computer science at University of Helsinki, Linus Torvalds began a project that later became the Linux kernel. He wrote the program specifically for the hardware he was using and independent of an operating system because he wanted to use the functions of his new PC with an 80386 processor.
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