Also, the BSDs were emerging around the same time, in particular 386BSD [1]. Linus was famously quoted as saying that if it had been available in the early days

Also, the BSDs were emerging around the same time, in particular 386BSD [1]. Linus was famously quoted as saying that if it had been available in the early days, he would probably never have made Linux [2]. The first release of 386BSD was in 1992, so we are talking about a short time window of 1-2 years here. And of course FreeBSD and NetBSD forked from it shortly after that. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/386BSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/386BSD [2] https://www.antman.se/abc-klubben/linux/linuxdoc/linus.html https://www.antman.se/abc-klubben/linux/linuxdoc/linus.html