Washington Post: Use the Source -- The Linux story | Linux Today

Washington Post: Use the Source — The Linux story

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 28, 1999

Thanks to Skip
Collins
for this link.

“Linux began life in 1991 as the part-time project of a grad
student in Finland, Linus Torvalds, who wanted to create a free
version of the industrial-strength Unix operating system… Since
then, it’s grown from one hacker’s hobby to an operating system
used by millions of people worldwide.

“Why has it succeeded so quickly? One, it’s free… Two, its
source code… comes with the operating system itself…”

“Linux is even a culture in its own right. It has a mascot —
the pudgy penguin that adorns most Linux Web sites.”


Complete story
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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