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What does Linux mean?

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Linux does not technically stand for anything. It's name was originally created as a shortened form of "Linus's Minix." As this is not really technically accurate, and Linux has grown far beyond Minix in popularity, the name stands as a word in its own right.

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Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, created the Linux Kernel. So Linux is simply named after Linus Torvalds.

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