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> Even Linus Torvalds had the good sense not go full ego and call his OS “Linus”. Allegedly, Linus was going to call it "Freax", but a FUNET admin hated that n
by 0xcde4c3db 5y ago
> Even Linus Torvalds had the good sense not go full ego and call his OS “Linus”.
Allegedly, Linus was going to call it "Freax", but a FUNET admin hated that name and forced the issue by naming the directory "linux".
- ModernMech 5y agoCould you imagine? As if Linux doesn't have enough trouble finding mainstream support as it is, imagine if it were called Freax. My God nerds suck at marketing, and I mean that with so much love. I guess marketing types suck at writing operating systems, so it's unfair to expect the world from one guy.