25. augustil 1991. aastal Linus Torvaldsi poolt kirjutatud ridadest maililistis sai see kõik alguse:
Tsitaat:
torvalds@klaava (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
I've currently ported bash(1.0 and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them
Tell us more! Does it need a MMU?
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc)
Täna tähistab siis Linux oma 30. juubelit.
25. augustil 1991. aastal Linus Torvaldsi poolt kirjutatud ridadest maililistis sai see kõik alguse:
Mina vahetasin oma arvutis MS-DOS-i Linux 1.2.13 vastu novembris 1996,
kui sain oma töö-PC-le AT-486 selleks piisavalt suure kõvaketta.
See oli õige valik.
and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
