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[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 12 points 3 months ago

Great story. I do wonder why Linus initally chose FREAX.

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago

He just a freak like that

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My guess: Because it's both FRee and frEAkish (atypical) compared to commercial uniX.

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