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[–] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

And was Linus's teacher for Operating Systems in Helsinki

Write the book on Operating Systems that Torvalds said inspired him to make Linux.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    At university?

    You mean docent I presume. Universities do not exactly have teachers.

    Resident or visiting?


    edit: in my country docent is the normal term for people giving lectures at universities. Or prof, but not all of them are actual professors. Seems I - once again - got caught up in translation. You native english speakers do you! But universities - even in english speaking countries - work differently from schools. To put it shortly, it is up to you to teach yourself from the material you get from lecturers. So in a way you are your own teacher.

    Besides, I made this comment to reply to a doubtful statement, which the commenter almost immediately retracted (but didn't delete completely to their credit).

    ... I'm curious how many more replies this will attract.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago*

    I think universities do have teachers, but that's beside the point.

    Anyway I misremembered and it was just that Tanenbaum wrote the OS book that Torvalds had during undergrad.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Docent makes me think of guides at museums. When I was in uni (well, I called it "college", being from the US), the usual title was "professor". But if you'd asked who my teacher was for a particular class, I'd have known what you meant.

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