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	'''Ari Lemmke''' (born ], ]) is the person who gave ] its name.

	] had planned to have it named ''Freax'' (a combination of 'free', 'freak', and the letter X to indicate a ] system). Ari encouraged him to upload it to a network so it could be easily downloaded. Ari, however, not happy with the Freax name, gave Linus a directory called ''linux'' on his ] ] (ftp://ftp.funet.fi) in September 1991. <ref>{{cite web \| url = https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/ \| title = History of Linux version 2.2.0 \| author = Ragib Hasan \| date = October 18, 2005 \| accessdate = 2007-02-01 }}</ref>

	In April 1992, the ] was proposed and started by Ari Lemmke,<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6000 \| title = Linux Timeline \| work = ] \| date = August 01, 2002 \| accessdate = 2007-02-01 }}</ref> replacing nntp://alt.os.linux that was started in January 1992.

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