> How in god's name can the guy who named linux after himself ever feel sad? He didn't want to; Torvalds named it "Freax", as he says here: > Honest I didn't

> How in god's name can the guy who named linux after himself ever feel sad? He didn't want to; Torvalds named it "Freax", as he says here: > Honest I didn't want to ever release it under the name Linux because it was too egotistical. What was the name I reserved for any eventual release? Freax. (Get it? Freaks with the requisite X.) In fact, some of the early make files --the files that describe how to compile the sources-- included the word "Freax" for about half a year. But it really didn't matter. At that point I didn't need a name for it because I wasn't releasing it to anybody. > And Ari Lemke, who insured that it made its way to the ftp site, hated the name Freax. He preferred the other working name I admit that I didn't put up much of a fight. But it was his doing. So I can honestly say I wasn't egotistical, or half-honestly say I wasn't egotistical. But I thought okay, that's a good name, and I can always blame somebody else for it, which I'm doing now. > -- Linus Torvalds p84 and p88 "Just for fun"