Torvalds, like most people working with or on computers, has spent a fair amount of time sitting in a chair. Back in January, the Finnish-born American bought a treadmill desk.

Torvalds's old desk, which he abandoned when it got too messy. His new treadmill desk, which he keeps set at one mile per hour. He has a MakerBot 3-D printer, which his kids use from time to time.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, have surprisingly never met before. That ...

His new treadmill desk, which he keeps set at one mile per hour. He has a MakerBot 3-D printer, which his kids use from time to time. As an avid scuba diver, Torvalds has fins and various diving gear ...