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What's Unix?
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2009-05-22, 05:26 PM (This post was last modified: 2009-05-22, 05:31 PM by Heidi.)
Heidi Wrote:As far as I know, it's actually a coincidence that rearranging the last 4 letters of linux gives unix

Okay, I'm stupid. A friend very "nicely" pointed out to me that I was wrong.

Linux was made by a guy called Linus Torvalds. (I knew that) Instead of calling it "Linus", he called it "Linux" because of exactly this reason.
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What's Unix? - by Hazzy - 2009-05-22, 01:49 AM
What's Unix? - by AngelSL - 2009-05-22, 02:07 AM
What's Unix? - by Russt - 2009-05-22, 02:12 AM
What's Unix? - by Hazzy - 2009-05-22, 02:15 AM
What's Unix? - by Heidi - 2009-05-22, 02:15 AM
What's Unix? - by rassilon - 2009-05-22, 02:16 AM
What's Unix? - by Spaz - 2009-05-22, 03:27 AM
What's Unix? - by Hazzy - 2009-05-22, 03:57 AM
What's Unix? - by Heidi - 2009-05-22, 04:07 AM
What's Unix? - by MyMind - 2009-05-22, 06:49 AM
What's Unix? - by xLeviathan - 2009-05-22, 12:49 PM
What's Unix? - by Heidi - 2009-05-22, 05:26 PM

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