"If you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds posting to the Minix Usenet group on August 25, 1991, that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." We know that the "hobby" operating system today is Linux, and except for PCs and Macs, it pretty much runs the world."
"It all began when Torvalds and his friend Lars Wirzenius met at the University of Helsinki. They began tinkering with PCs; computer games (Prince of Persia); social networking, which in those days was Usenet; and Unix. In the spring and summer of 1991, Torvalds hacked on a simple Unix‑like kernel for his 386 PC. He wanted to learn about operating systems, dial into the local Usenet server, and build a more capable operating system than Minix, an academic Unix clone."
"After a few months of work, he released the first public snapshot, Linux 0.02. on October 5, 1991, on an FTP server with about 10,000 lines of code. Linux made its first appearance thanks to Torvalds' friend, Ari Lemmke, who set up the first servers at nic.funet.fi in Finland. At this point, Torvalds wanted to call Linux "Freax," a mashup of "free," "freak," and "x" to evoke a Unix‑like system."
Linus Torvalds created a simple Unix-like kernel in 1991 while at the University of Helsinki and shared progress on Minix Usenet. He aimed to learn about operating systems, access the Usenet server, and build a more capable system than Minix. Early work led to the first public snapshot, Linux 0.02, released on October 5, 1991, with about 10,000 lines of code. Ari Lemmke hosted the initial FTP servers at nic.funet.fi and renamed the project from the intended "Freax" to "Linux." The initial audience consisted of anyone who read the Usenet thread and tried the kernel.
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