Creator of Linux kernel Linus Torvalds with a
biblical name
Linus's name is encountered once in the Scriptures (The Holy
Bible) in the second book
part of the New
Testament scriptures:
I really like King James English version of the bible, here is the
text extracted from there, mentioning Linus's name:
2 Timothy 4:21
Doe thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth
thee,
and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. (From KJV
1611 Translation)
Here is a modernized version of the same verse taken from the
New American Standard Bible Version (1995):
Make every effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets
you,
also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Other curious fact maybe, even uknown to Linus Torvalds himself is
Saint Linus used to be the first bishop of Rome, after the Apostles
bishopship.
This makes Saint Linus the second in place Roman Catholic Pope
after Saint Peter in early Western Church. There are some early
sources which says Pope Clement I was the second pope of
Rome, however probably this sources are erroneous, since some very
important early written sources like the Apostolic Constitutions
states Linus was the first bishop of Rome and was ordained by St.
Paul. The same documents says Pope Linus was succeeded by Pope
Clement - ordained by saint Peter.
Below's paste is taken directly from BibleGateway.com
cofirming about Pope Linus being the sacond Roman Catholic
Pope:
Linus
(a net), a Christian at Rome, known to St. Paul and to
Timothy, (2 Timothy 4:21) who was the first bishop of Rome after
the apostles. (A.D. 64.)
Something Pope Linus is known with is, to have issued a church
decree that woman should cover their heads in church.This
ancient church tradition is still observed more or less in the
Orthodox Church. It is not known much about how Saint Pope ruled
the early Western Church but since the western and eastern Church
used to be in communion in these early days, this means the nowdays
Roman Catholic saint Linus is probably a saint in the Eastern
Orthodox Church as well.
According to some unprovable written sources Pope Linus later
suffered martyrdom and was buried in Vatican Hill next to
saint apostle Peter.
St. Linus according to Church tradition passed away in the 1st
securury A.D.
Below's paste is taken directly from BibleGateway.com a
multilingual website location for reading the bible
Linus
(a net), a Christian at Rome, known to St. Paul and to
Timothy, (2 Timothy 4:21) who was the first bishop of Rome after
the apostles. (A.D. 64.)
I've merged a picture of how saint Linus used to look with one of
the pictures of Linus Torvalds. It's rather funny they actually
look alike :)
The creator of GNU/Linux kernel Linus Torvalds might not be a saint
in Christian sense, but his deed is definitely saintly as he
initiated the creation of the Linux kernel and decided to share its
source and publish it under GPL (General Public License).
The phenomenon of GNU / Linux Free Operating System existent today
and specific type of development is definitely a miracle. The
general philosophy of sharing with neighbor your software is also
very close to the Christian philosophy of sharing. Actually too
many of the ideas of the free software and "open source" movements
resemble purely Christian ideas.
The software sharing philosophy has become a reality thanks to
Richard Stallman and his GNU Project, however the existence
of GNU / Linux as a complete operating system become reality thanks
to the Linus torvalds kernel efforts which is known under the code
name Linux. Talking about names, maybe not much will know, that
Linux kernel used to have a different name in the early stage of
its development, its first code name was FreaX