Apart from being open source what is Linux? Could I not create my own operating system that is different to windows or Macos and call it Steve, again there might be an awnser for this and sounds stupid but its more out of curiosity.

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      1 year ago

      No, that would be “too egotistical” (in Linus’ own words). But he can have his friend who runs an FTP server completely ignore his wishes to have it named “Freax” and name the directory “linux” instead.

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      Linux actually stands for “Linux is not Unix.” Recursive acronyms were a bit of a geek inside joke at the time.