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   Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 09:53:42 JST Brodie Robertson

   One of my favorite parts of early Linux history is Linus wanting to call the project Freax, thinking Linux was too egotistical. When he uploaded it to an FTP server the admin Ari Lemmke thought the name was stupid so he just changed it to Linux without telling him

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     MisterMoo (mistermoo@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 11:47:24 JST MisterMoo

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     @BrodieOnLinux And that was the last time Linus Torvalds cared about seeming egotistical.

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     Deshanishu (deshanishu@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 21:02:23 JST Deshanishu

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