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Paul

If you are interested in the (very) early history of Linux, @liw has written an article for LWN which has a subscriber-invite link so you don't have to wait for it to leave the paywall:

lwn.net/SubscriberLink/928581/

lwn.netThe early days of Linux [LWN.net]

If you want to delve further, Rebel Code by Glyn Moody is excellent, albeit only covering up to around 2000.

> More importantly for the future success of Linux was that the X11 system was ported to it, making 1992 the year of the Linux desktop.


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@pwaring @liw

The first-ever interview with Torvalds (by liw, linked from the story) is a great companion to @liw 's own perspective on events:

liw.fi/linux-news/issue03/

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liw.fiLinux News #3 (October 18 through 26, 1992)
Never heard of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair… before, sounds like a cool piece of technology and one of all those branches never followed further.
en.wikipedia.orgSinclair QL - Wikipedia
A real rabbit hole if you click down to peripherals and clones. Very cool for a machine I (and I'm assuming most people) never heard about. How did Torvalds end up with one?