Source: Mike Linksvayer's 1993 interview in the first issue of Meta Magazine
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If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened.
— Linus Torvalds
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About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
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