“What is Linux?” — A Love Letter to the Operating System That Runs the World (And Your Toaster)

Back in 1991, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds casually dropped a message in a newsgroup saying, "I'm doing a free operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like GNU)" — and accidentally invented a global movement.

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“What is Linux?” — A Love Letter to the Operating System That Runs the World (And Your Toaster)

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Back in 1991, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds casually dropped a message in a newsgroup saying, "I'm doing a free operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like GNU)" — and accidentally invented a global movement.