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Linus Torvalds, the creator of what was to become Linux, had initially planned to have the project 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 FUNET's 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 alt.os.linux that was started in January 1992.
See also
References
- Ragib Hasan (2005-10-18). "History of Linux version 2.2.0". Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- "Linux Timeline". Linux Journal. 2002-08-01. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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