As outlined in the post, Linus himself did not believe that his creation will be very important in order to change computers forever. Linux version 0.01 was released in September 1991, and was put on the network. Enthusiasm about the new product has increased, as the codes were downloaded, tested and returned twisted Linus. Version 0.2 appeared on October 5 with this famous declaration of Linus:
From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: free source for a system like MINIX for 386-AT
MessageID: <1991Oct5.054106.4647 @ klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: October 5, 1991 05:41:06 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
Lacking a project and Itching to try your powers on a new OS on which you can try to change according to your needs? You feel frustrated when everything works on Minix? Go longing nights lost going to do a program? Then this message can be just for you. Working on a free version of a minix-like system designed for your AT-386 computers finally reached the stage where it is usable (though may not meet your needs), and are willing to make available the sources for wider distribution. It is just version 0.02 (a (very small) patch already) but I already run it successfully under bash / gcc / gnu-make / gnu-sed / compress etc. Sources for this little project of mine can be found at nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100) right in the / pub / OS / Linux. Directory also contains some files read-ME and a few binaries that run under linux (bash, update and gcc, so more than what you 
full kernel source is provided, because no minix code has been used. Source libraries are only partially free, so currently can not be distributed. The system can compile “as-is” and, from what is known so far, it works. Heh. Sources binaries (bash and gcc) can be found in the same place in / pub / gnu.
Linux version 0.03 has appeared in a few weeks. By December came version 0.10. Linux only slightly above its skeletal form. Have only support for AT hard disks, had no login (start directly from bash). Version 0.11 was much better, with multilingual support for keyboard, floppy disk drivers, support for VGA, EGA, Hercules etc.. Version number increased from 0.12 to 0.95 directly and 0.96 etc. Code soon spread worldwide via FTP sites in Finland and worldwide.
Confrontation & Development
Right in curвnd Linus faced no other decвt Andrew Tanenbaum, a professor who wrote MINIX great site. File in a message to Linus, Tanenbaum commented:
“I keep the view that designing a monolithic kernel is a fundamental error în1991. Be thankful that you are not my student. You receive a high note for such a project “
(Andrew Tanenbaum to Linus Torvalds)
Linus find out later that it was permissible weakest aspect of Linux development. Tanenbaum was certainly a famous professor, and his words matter. But he was wrong about Linux because Linus was one stubborn type who does not admit failure.
Tanenbaum also remarked that “Linux is obsolete.
Now the new generation was Linux. Backed by strong Linux community, Linus gave a reply Tanenbaum which seems more appropriate:
“Your job is a professor and researcher: That’s a damn good excuse for some of the shortcomings of MINIX.
(Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum)
And work continued. Curвnd right in more than one hundred people joined the Linux camp. Then thousands. Then hundreds of thousands. There was only a toy for hackers. Complete with extra programs for the GNU project, Linux was ready for the real confrontation. It was licensed under the GNU General Public License as ensuring that everyone can copy, study and change the source code for free. Students and programmers have devoured him.
Right soon, commercial distributors have occurred. Linux itself was, and still free. What dealers did was to compile various software and to gather in a format resembling other operating systems that people were accustomed. Red Hat, Caldera, Debian and other companies have had considerable resonance among users worldwide. The new graphical user interface (KDE, Gnome) Linux has become very popular.
File in time, amazing things were happening with Linux. Next to PCs, Linux has been imported into many other platforms. Linux has been transformed so as to operate on handhold Sites 3Com PalmPilot products company. Combined Technology has enabled a large number of Linux machines are combined into a single entity, a parallel computer. In April 1996, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory used Linux that make use of 68 PCs as a single parallel computer, to simulate atomic shock waves. But unlike other Supercomputers that cost a fortune, it was pretty cheap. This makeshift supercomputer cost only $ 152,000, including labor (connecting the 68 PCs cable) – about a tenth of the price of equivalent commercial machines. It reached a peak speed of 19 trillion calculations per second, which is ranked in the top 315 most powerful computers in the world. And in addition, was robust. Three months later, still need to be rebooted.
The best thing right in connection with Linux today is fanaticism it generates. Whenever there is a new piece of hardware, Linux kernel is transformed so as to seize it. For example, several weeks after the introduction of Intel Xeon ® CPU, Linux kernel was changed and was ready for it. It was also adapted for use in Alpha, Mac, PowerPC, and even for palmtops, an attribute that does not have another operating system. And continues its journey in the new millennium with the same enthusiasm with which he was born in 1991.
Linus remains a simple man. Unlike Gates, he is not a billionaire. After studies, he moved to the United States where he worked at Transmeta Corporation. After driving a top-secret research project, launched Transmetta CruoseTM processor. Linus was an active member of the research team. Tove Recently married, he is the proud father of a daughter, Patricia Miranda Torvalds. Until today, he remains the world’s most famous programmer. Adored by computer communities around the world, Linus is by far the most popular programs on the planet.
Mr. Tux the Penguin: Linux spirit
Logo Linux is a penguin. Unlike other commercial operating systems, Linux has a serious symbol. Tux, the penguin as affectionately called, stands rather carefree attitude and freedom of movement. This logo is pretty interesting history. Initially, it was not chosen an emblem of Linux. Once Linus left the Southern Hemisphere, in Vacation. There he met a penguin, which resembled the current symbol of Linux. When Linus tried to comfort him, to bite the hand penguin. This funny little incident later led to the choice penguin as a symbol of Linux.
