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Linux at 35: From a humble hobby to the Internet's backbone, Freax almost happened

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Linux at 35: From a humble hobby to the Internet's backbone, Freax almost happened
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On its 35th anniversary, Linux is celebrated as a humble hobby project started by Linus Torvalds, who briefly considered naming it Freax; through early collaborative development, GPLv2 licensing, and growing corporate involvement, Linux has become the backbone of the internet, cloud infrastructure, Android, and supercomputing, with Torvalds continuing to guide its development and embracing AI for bug finding.

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  1. 'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax  ZDNET
  2. Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today — humble OS started with 10,000 lines of code but has now grown to 40 million, dominates global infrastructure  Tom's Hardware
  3. Happy 35th Birthday, Linux!  9to5Linux
  4. 35 years ago today, Linus Torvalds made a Usenet post that introduced Linux to the world  XDA

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