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Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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hell they could have called it anything.. seems like they couldnt get past their egos to see the value in a new designation
I thought Linus didn't come up with the name Linux
He didn't. He wanted freax or something dumb. Someone talked him into Linux.
His professor ig
They did not really “talk him into it”. They simply labelled it that when they uploaded it. Linus just went with the flow and it stuck.