Starting with Linux in the early days | Linux Today

Starting with Linux in the early days

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 31, 2016

Linus Torvalds created Linux, but many others, both developers and executives, helped make it the world’s most successful operating system. Here’s how they became involved with Linux.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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