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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00200000000000000000">1 The Linux operating system</A></H1>
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In March 1991 Linus Benedict Torvalds bought the multitasking system
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Minix for his AT 386. He used it to develop his own multitasking
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system which he called Linux. In September 1991 he released the first
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prototype by e-mail to some other Minix users on the internet, thus
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beginning the Linux project. Many programmers from that point on have
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supported Linux. They have added device drivers, developed applications,
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and aimed for POSIX compliance. Today Linux is very powerful, but
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what is best is that it's free. Work is beeing done to port Linux to
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