Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux operating system, which is widely used in servers, supercomputers, and embedded devices. He is known for his dedication to open-source software and his contributions to the development of free and open-source software.

Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 28 December 1969, the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds,[6] the grandson of statistician Leo Törnqvist and of poet Ole Torvalds, and the great-grandson of journalist and soldier Toivo Karanko. His parents were campus radicals at the University of Helsinki in the 1960s.

Warren Togami is the creator of the Fedora Linux distribution, which is widely used in servers, supercomputers, and embedded devices. He is known for his dedication to open-source software and his contributions to the development of free and open-source software.

Warren is best known as the creator of the Fedora Project during 2002 as his BS Computer Science capstone. Fedora grew into one of the world's largest Open Source projects and force multiplier of Red Hat R&D during the 2000's. This played an important role in early Linux quickly progressing from hobbyist volunteer side-projects to out-compete the previously entrenched enterprise Unix market.