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The Origins of Linux—Linus Torvalds
Computer History Museum
Linus Torvalds tells the story of Linux in a 2001 talk at the Computer History Museum, from writing code as a graduate student in Helsinki in the early 1990s to becoming an icon of open source. It covers the project's origins, its growth, and his views on licensing and kernel design.
HN points to it as the long first-person account of Linux history, including Linus on the GPL's role and on microkernels.
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