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| '''Ari Lemmke''' (born ], ]) is the person who gave ] its name. | '''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.funet.fi). | ] 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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Ari Lemmke (born December 12, 1963) is the person who gave Linux its name.
Linus Torvalds had planned to have it named Freax (a combination of 'free', 'freak', and the letter X to indicate a Unix-like 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 server (ftp://ftp.funet.fi) in September 1991.
In April 1992, the newsgroup comp.os.linux was proposed and started by Ari Lemmke, replacing nntp://alt.os.linux that was started in January 1992.
References
- Ragib Hasan (October 18, 2005). "History of Linux version 2.2.0". Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- "Linux Timeline". Linux Journal. August 01, 2002. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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