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'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax

ZDNET · August 25, 2026 at 8:21 AM

'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax

It's been 35 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby operating system.

The world will never be the same.

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