Sorry to burst your bubble but it takes more than Linus to make Linux.
What on earth are you talking about? Don’t quit your day job to become a detective.
I won't quit my day job to become a detective because actual detective work isn't this trivial.
I’ve read and listened to enough of Linus to know he says this himself. The Linux kernel is nothing without the maintainers, this is easily observable and everyone knows it.
You see the reason you shouldn’t go into detective work is because you’d be terrible at it, not because it’s non-trivial.