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Theodore Ts'o

American computer scientist, free software developer

  • Fame49.8
  • Momentum4.1
  • Developers rank#175
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  • Fame49.8
  • Momentum4.1
  • Developers rank#175
  • Wikipedia1.2K
Born 1968 · age 58United States
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  • Age
    58
    Born 1968
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
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Updated 2026-06-09

Theodore Yue Tak Ts'o is an American software engineer mainly known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, in particular his contributions to file systems. He is the secondary developer and maintainer of e2fsprogs, the userspace utilities for the ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems, and is a maintainer for the ext4 file system.

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49.8
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Momentum4.1
Historical13.4
Now attention22.6
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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