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Did you know? Linus Torvalds started Linux in 1991 as a personal school project at the University of Helsinki — he had a new Intel 386 PC and wanted Unix functionality on consumer hardware. He published the first version on a Finnish FTP server and asked for feedback.

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Linus Torvalds started Linux in 1991 as a personal school project at the University of Helsinki — he had a new Intel 386 PC and wanted Unix functionality on consumer hardware. He published the first version on a Finnish FTP server and asked for feedback.

Linus Torvalds begon Linux in 1991 als persoonlijk schoolproject aan de Universiteit van Helsinki — hij had een nieuwe Intel 386 PC en wou de Unix-functionaliteit op consument-hardware. Hij publiceerde de eerste versie op een Finse FTP-server en vroeg om feedback.

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