How Linux Was Announced to the World in 1991 [pic]
methodshop.comLinux was created as a hobby by a Finnish computer science student named Linus Benedict Torvalds. But did you ever wonder how Linux was “announced”? Linus first told the world about his “hobby OS” on a Usenet posting on Aug 26 1991 at 2:12 am...
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Why the picture? The post is still up.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/comp.os.mi...
It's cool, but it's a pity that this thing is on Google Groups.
Where else would it be? I wasn't aware there even were any other Usenet archives out there.