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Microsoft donates DocumentDB to Linux Foundation  Techzine Global

Despise Systemd? A New Init System Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux  It's FOSS News

New CachyOS Release Adds Quality-Of-Life Features and Enables FSR 4 for RDNA 3 GPUs  TechPowerUp

OpenZFS 2.3.4 Brings Linux 6.16 Kernel Compatibility, "zfs rewrite" Command  Phoronix

Mark Tyson writes via Tom's Hardware: On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science student from Finland announced that a new free operating system project was "starting to get ready." Linus Benedict Torvalds elaborated by explaining that the OS was "just a hobby, [it] won't be big and professional like GNU." Of course, this was the first public outing for the colossal collaborative project that is now known as Linux. Above, you can see Torvalds' first posting regarding Linux to the comp.os.minix newsgroup. The now famously caustic, cantankerous, curmudgeon seemed relatively mild, meek, and malleable in this historic Linux milestone posting. Torvalds asked the Minix community about their thoughts on a free new OS being prepared for Intel 386 and 486 clones. He explained that he'd been brewing the project since April (a few months prior), and asked for direction. Specifically, he sought input about other Minix users' likes and dislikes of that OS, in order to differentiate Linux. The now renowned developer then provided a rough summary of the development so far. Some features of Linux that Torvalds thought were important, or that he was particularly proud of, were then highlighted in the newsgroup posting. For example, the Linux chief mentioned his OS's multithreaded file system, and its absence of any Minix code. However, he humbly admitted the code as it stood was Intel x86 specific, and thus "is not portable." Last but not least, Torvalds let it be known that version 0.01 of this free OS would be out in the coming month (September 1991). It was indeed released on September 17, 1991, but someone else decided on the OS name at the last minute. Apparently, Torvalds didn't want to release his new OS under the name of Linux, as it would be too egotistical, too self-aggrandizing. He preferred Freax, a portmanteau word formed from Free-and-X. However, one of Torvald's colleagues, who was the administrator for the project's FTP server, did not think that 'Freax' was an appealing name for the OS. So this co-worker went ahead and uploaded the OS as 'Linux' on that date in September, without asking Torvalds.

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Linux Turns 34: The Open-Source Kernel Powering The Digital World  LinkedIn

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My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference  ZDNET

My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference  ZDNET

My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference  ZDNET

My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference  ZDNET

My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference  ZDNET

My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference  ZDNET

Linux Foundation says yes to NoSQL via DocumentDB  theregister.com

Attackers weaponise Linux file names as malware vectors  iTnews

Linux's Floppy Disk Driver Code Sees Some Cleanups In 2025  Phoronix

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Arch Linux-Based CachyOS Just Got A Great Update  How-To Geek

Linux is 34 years old today — Linus Torvalds meekly announced this free new OS in the comp.os.minix newsgroup on this day in 1991  Tom's Hardware

Linux is 34 years old today — Linus Torvalds meekly announced this free new OS in the comp.os.minix newsgroup on this day in 1991  Tom's Hardware