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syntheticz
April 5th, 2008, 12:58 PM
Who came up with the name Linux and what does it mean or stand for? What is BSD?

mr.propre
April 5th, 2008, 12:59 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

NightwishFan
April 5th, 2008, 01:01 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel, started in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The system's utilities and libraries usually come from the GNU operating system, announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. The GNU contribution is the basis for the alternative name GNU/Linux.
I believe the name comes from "Linus' Minix" Hence "Linux". Linux was based off of Minix I believe.

Also BSD, which is an operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd

samwyse
April 5th, 2008, 01:35 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#The_name

Linus Torvalds had wanted to call his invention Freax, a portmanteau of "freak," "free," and "x," an allusion to Unix. During the start of his work on the system, he stored the files under the name "Freax" for about a half year. Torvalds had already considered the name "Linux," but initially dismissed it as too egotistical.[citation needed]

In order to facilitate development, the files were uploaded to the ftp server (ftp.funet.fi) of the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) in September 1991. Ari Lemmke, Torvald's coworker at the HUT who was responsible for the servers at the time, did not feel Freax was a good name. Consequently, he dubbed the project "Linux" without consulting Torvalds.[citation needed] Later, however, Torvalds consented to "Linux": "After many arguments, he finally admitted that Linux was simply the better name. In the source code of version 0.01 of Linux, the name 'Freax' was still used in the makefile. Only later was the name Linux used. Thus the name actually not planned at all became generally accepted world-wide."[citation needed]

NightwishFan
April 5th, 2008, 01:47 PM
Thanks! I did not know that. :)

gn2
April 5th, 2008, 01:51 PM
Here was me thinking it meant Linux Is Not UniX :confused:

Ioky
April 5th, 2008, 06:02 PM
Here was me thinking it meant Linux Is Not UniX :confused:

Haha are you copying from Wine? Wine Is Not Emulator

hessiess
April 5th, 2008, 06:05 PM
Haha are you copying from Wine? Wine Is Not Emulator

GNU's not unix;)

gn2
April 5th, 2008, 11:05 PM
Haha are you copying from Wine? Wine Is Not Emulator

No, Wine is copying: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:HGCVLSFs8jIJ:kernelbook.sourceforge .net/pdf/ch-intro.pdf