Linux, Linus and the personal OS that never really caught on Mike August 25, 2025 Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email On This Day In 1991, 21-year-old Finnish student Linus Torvalds wrote a newsgroup post about a free operating system he was working on. He said it was “just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu.” His OS would eventually be called Linux. Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Previous: How to Pray the Daily Office from the 1928 Book of Common PrayerNext: My Problem with the Athanasian Creed Related Stories The Microprocessor turns 55, Thanks in large part to 3 Intel Engineers Mike November 16, 2025 0 Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech Mike April 30, 2022 0 The Log4Shell 0-day exploit, how bad is it really? Mike December 14, 2021 0