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Linus Torvalds Started a Revolution on August 25, 1991. Happy Birthday, Linux!

Linus Torvalds sent an email on August 25, 1991, asking for help in testing his new operating system. Things haven’t changed all that much in the meantime and he still sends emails about new Linux releases, although back then it wasn’t called like that.

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