Zita rokuti "Linux" rakatanga richishandiswa naTorvalds nokuda kweLinux kernel chete. Zvisinei, kernel iyi yaishandiswa kakawanda pamwe chete nemamwe mapurogiramu, kunyanya ayo eprojekti yeGNU. Izvi zvakakurumidza kuva kushandiswa kwakakurumbira kweGNU software. Muna June 1994 mubhuku reGNU, Linux yakanzi "free UNIX clone", uye chirongwa cheDebian chakatanga kutumidza chigadzirwa chayo Debian GNU/Linux. Muna May 1996, Richard Stallman akabudisa mhariri Emacs 19.31, umo rudzi rwechirongwa rwakachinjwa zita kubva kuLinux kuenda kuLignux.
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