Zaka 28 zapitazo, Linus Torvalds adalengeza pagulu lankhani la comp.os.minix kuti adapanga mawonekedwe ogwirira ntchito a Linux yatsopano. Dongosololi limaphatikizapo ported bash 1.08 ndi gcc 1.40, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ziziwoneka ngati zodzidalira.
Linux idapangidwa ngati kuyankha kwa MINIX, chilolezo chomwe sichinalole kuti anthu ammudzi azitha kusinthana bwino (nthawi yomweyo, MINIX yazaka zimenezo idayikidwa ngati yophunzitsa ndipo inali ndi kuthekera kwenikweni).
Linus poyambilira adakonza zoti atchule mwana wake Freax ("mfulu", "freak" ndi X (Unix)), koma Ari Lemmke, yemwe adapereka thandizo la Linus pakusindikiza poyika zolemba za OS pa seva, adatcha chikwatucho "linux" .
Chilolezo choyambirira chinali "chopanda malonda," koma atamvetsera anthu ammudzi omwe adakulira mozungulira polojekitiyi, Linus adavomera kugwiritsa ntchito GPLv2.
Source: linux.org.ru