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The creation of Linux
In 1991, in Helsinki, Linus Torvalds began a project that later became the Linux kernel. It was initially a terminal emulator, which Torvalds used to access the large UNIX servers of the university. He wrote the program specifically for the hardware he was using and independent of an operating system because he wanted to use the functions of his new PC with an 80386 processor. Development was done on MINIX using the GNU C compiler, which is still the main choice for compiling Linux today -
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The history of Linux
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The history of GNU/Linux
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The name
During the start of his work on the system, he stored the files under the name "Freax" for about half of a year. Torvalds had already considered the name "Linux," but initially dismissed it as too egotistical.Ari Lemmke, Torvald's coworker at the Helsinki university of technology did'nt think that Freax was good name.So, he name the project"linux" on the sever without consulting Tovalds. Later, however, Tovalds consented to Linux. -
Linux under the GNU GPL
In 1992, he suggested releasing the kernel under the GNU General Public License. He first announced this decision in the release notes of version 0.12.In the middle of December 1992 he published version 0.99 using the GNU GPL.
Linux and GNU developers worked to integrate GNU components with Linux to make a fully functional and free operating system.
