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[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Ah, that's a interesting story actually.

See, when he was a little kid, he fell a lot on his head and had quite a few concussions. The Swedish word for concussion is "torva", so they decided to change his sirname in order to scare the concussion daemons away. And that's why Linus can Toldvalds and why he's the only one that can Torvalds.

[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As a Swedish person i just learned a new word.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Glad I could help 😊.

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, isn't he Finnish?

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, I think he's Swedish, he just studied in Finland.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago

You could say he Finnished his studies. 😎