August 25, 1991 · Software
Linux announced (1991)
Linus Torvalds posts to comp.os.minix.
Torvalds described it as 'just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu'; version 0.01 followed in September 1991.
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Facts
- Date
- August 25, 1991
- Kind
- Software
- Maker or publisher
- Linus Torvalds
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