Dear Members, Thirty-five years ago, a young computer science student, Linus Torvalds, shared a modest announcement about a new operating system he was developing, describing it as "just a hobby, won't be big and professional." That project eventually became Linux, one of the most widely deployed open-source technologies in computing history.

Interestingly, Linux was almost named "Freax" before the name "Linux" was adopted.

Today, Linux powers a significant portion of the world's servers, supercomputers, cloud infrastructure, smartphones, and digital services. 

Original Article:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/just-a-hobby-linus-torvalds-introduced-linux-35-years-ago-almost-called-it-freax/
Best regards, Francis

Francis Jayakanth
Formerly with IISc, Bengaluru