Editing Linus Torvalds (section)

== Media recognition ==
[[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] has recognized Torvalds multiple times:
* In 2000, he was 17th in their [[Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century]] poll.<ref>{{Cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/century.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103164600/http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/century.html | archive-date=3 January 2007 | magazine=Time | title=The 2010 Time 100 | access-date=7 May 2010 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2004, he was named one of the most influential people in the world by ''Time'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994026,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523120001/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994026,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2007|title=Linus Torvalds: The Free-Software Champion|last=Lessig|first=Lawrence|author-link=Lawrence Lessig|date=26 April 2004|magazine=[[Time magazine]]|access-date=3 October 2006}}</ref>
* In 2006, the magazine's Europe edition named him one of the revolutionary heroes of the past 60 years.<ref name=r1>{{Cite magazine|last=Gumbel |first=Peter |url=http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2006/torvalds.html |title=Linus Torvalds |magazine=Time |date=13 November 2006 |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930195123/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2006/torvalds.html |archive-date=30 September 2009 }}</ref>

''[[InfoWorld]]'' presented him with the 2000 Award for Industry Achievement.<ref>{{cite news |author=Nicholas Petreley |title=This year's Award for Industry Achievement goes to the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds |work=InfoWorld |date=17 January 2000 |page=82}}</ref> In 2005, Torvalds appeared as one of "the best managers" in a survey by ''[[BusinessWeek]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/05_02/B39150502manager.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050101011249/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/05_02/B39150502manager.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 January 2005 |title=The Best & Worst Managers of the Year |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |date=10 January 2005 |access-date=13 March 2010 }}</ref> In 2006, ''[[Business 2.0]]'' magazine named him one of "10 people who don't matter" because the growth of Linux has shrunk Torvalds's individual impact.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/technology/10dontmatter.biz2/index.htm |title=10 people who don't matter |publisher=CNN |date=22 June 2006 |access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref>

In summer 2004, viewers of [[YLE]] (the Finnish Broadcasting Company) placed Torvalds 16th in the network's [[Suuret Suomalaiset|100 Greatest Finns]]. In 2010, as part of a series called ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|The Britannica Guide]] to the World's Most Influential People'', Torvalds was listed among ''The 100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time'' ({{ISBN|9781615300037}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=Linus Torvalds named one of the 100 most influential inventors |work=[[The H]] |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linus-Torvalds-named-one-of-the-100-most-influential-inventors-922622.html |date=4 February 2010 |access-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208151509/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linus-Torvalds-named-one-of-the-100-most-influential-inventors-922622.html |archive-date=8 February 2010 }}</ref>

On 11 October 2017, the Linux company [[SUSE S.A.|SUSE]] made a song titled "Linus Said" about the origin of the Linux kernel.<ref>{{Citation|last=SUSE|title=Linus Said – Music Parody (Momma Said)|date=11 October 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHNKTlz1lps| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/oHNKTlz1lps| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>