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Posted Oct 16, 2018 18:18 UTC (Tue) by nhippi (subscriber, #34640)
In reply to: Bro becomes Zeek by orev
Parent article: Bro becomes Zeek

Linus's own idea for the name for a Free Unix clone was "FreaX" - fortunately a FTP admin ignored that and gave him /pub/Linux to use.


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Posted Oct 17, 2018 10:57 UTC (Wed) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

Linux is also a pun or jokey name, but a good one.


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