Hi, While there are several concepts of when Linux was "born", certainly one of them is September 17, 1991 when the first tarball of code was posted on the net:
linux-0.01.tar.gz before this, the name of the system was supposed to be "Freax" For those newer to Linux and Free and Open Source Software, there is a brief history of those early moments written by Linus himself at this URL: http://www.li.org/linuxhistory.php Warmest regards, md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss