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Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today

tomshardware.com 2026-08-25 Mark Tyson
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On August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds, then an unknown computer science student, announced his free 'hobby' operating system, Linux. Originally named Minix-like, it evolved from a kernel of around 10,000... Read original →
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