Exploring the Origins and Development of Linux

Exploring the Origins and Development of Linux

Understanding How Linux Began and Evolved

Linux came from a Unix family, Linux is a free and open-source software operating system, which Linus Torvalds developed in September 1991. In 1991,

Linus Torvalds was a student at the University of Helsinki, Finland, USA. He developed the first code of Linux 0.01 and post it on the Minix newsgroup on 17 Sep 1991,

his code become so popular people encouraged him to develop new code and he was led to develop new code and release the first “official” version of Linux, version 0.02 on October 5, 1991.

Today many year pass and Linux become one of the most popular operating systems. Today 90% fastest Supercomputers out of 500 run on Linux variants including the top 10.