Key players
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThere are a couple of key players on planet GNU–Linux:
| Name | # | info |
|---|---|---|
| Linus Torvalds | 1 | invented the Linux kernel. He is the boss. |
| Greg Kroah-Hartmann | 2 | Torvald’s kernel Lieutenant who has a say in Linux policy formulation |
| Richard Stallman | 3 | academic who started GNU, the free programs to make use of a Linux kernel. |
| Lennart Poettering | 4 | famous Linux system programmer employed by IBM , red hat department |
| Mark Shuttleworth | 5 | rich guy owning Canonical, a commercial firm that makes the Ubuntu distro |
| Simon Steinbeiß | 6 | Release-manager for the Xfce desktop |
| Sean M. Davis | 7 | Xfce developer and XUbuntu technical lead |
| Dylan Baker | 8 | Mesa developer and release manager |
