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When Tux met Big Iron: Question 4

Edward Hurley, Editor

    

Question 4: At first, Torvalds thought Linux was too egotistical. What did he want to call the OS he created?

  • A) Freax
Legend has it Torvalds wanted to call his OS Freax, a combination of "free", "freak", and the letter x.

    

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