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FREAX

Updated: 12/31/2022 by Computer Hope

Freax was originally what Linus Torvalds wanted to call Linux that is derived from the "FREE" and "X," which you need for Unix. Ari Lemmke who placed Linux up on the FTP server hated the name and instead put it up as Linux.

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