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It is difficult to determine the exact date of birth of the Linux kernel . Is she is in April 1991, when Linus Torvalds started actual work on its proposed new kernel? Is it August 25, 1991, when he posted his famous message ( "just a hobby, will not Be big and professional like GNU" ) on the newsgroup comp.os.minix?? Do we remember September 1991 when version 0.01 was made ??on the FTP server of the Technology University of Helsinki? Whatever option is chosen, the year 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of this amazing project and to participate in the celebrations , LinuxFr conducted an interview with Linus Torvalds, you will find a translation in the second half of the mail.

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