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Why did Linus Torvalds invent Linux?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 10/3/2023

Linus Torvalds wanted a Unix operating system for his new 80386 PC. Almost all versions of Unix cost several thousand dollars, and only a couple could really use the features of the 80386 processor. So he decided to write his own.

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