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By what accident did Linux actually come about?

Linus Torvalds used the Minix operating system, but was dissatisfied with many of the limitations in it and decided to write his own system. At some point, a more or less stable version was released, Torvalds' interest in the project faded, and he was ready to abandon it. But in the same period, he accidentally messed up the partition on the hard drive where Minix stood, and instead of reinstalling it, Torvalds decided to finish what he started anyway.

So, by chance, the Linux kernel and later the GNU/Linux OS were born.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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