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'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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