Archive for August 25, 2009

Linux turns 18. Happy birthday!

I’m sure plenty of sites will talk about it, so I’ll keep it short. Precisely 18 years ago, Linux was born. I’m told Linus -nicknamed Linux back then- wanted to call it Freax, but it didn’t stick. From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: [...]

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