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It started as operating system named Unix, which was developed at AT&T Bell Labs1970, created by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas Mcllroy and Joe Ossana.
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Linux started in 1991 as a hobby project by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish born computer scientist studying at the University of Helsinki.
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Ari Lemmke, Torvalds' coworker didn't think "Freax" the actually name was a great idea, so he named the project "Linux" on the server, later Torvalds consented to "Linux".
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Over 90% of the fastest computers in the world use Linux. This has become the ideal choice for high-performance computing by 1998. https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/blog/8-Most-Interesting-Facts-About-Linux-Operating-System-that-Everyone-Should-Know
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The organization was previously using other operating systems but shifted to Red Hat in 2007. https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/blog/8-Most-Interesting-Facts-About-Linux-Operating-System-that-Everyone-Should-Know
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The US Army is the single largest installed base for Red Hat Linux and the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine fleet runs on Linux, including their sonar systems.
https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/blog/8-Most-Interesting-Facts-About-Linux-Operating-System-that-Everyone-Should-Know