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%SECTION0{name=HistoryOfLinux}% History of Linux (Part Two)

   * As source was available, Unix evolved fast and diversified.%BR%
     -> AT&T Unix, *BSD* (Berkeley Unix), *Ultrix* (DEC), *AIX* (IBM),
     *Solaris* (Sun), *HP-UX* (HP), *Xenix* (Microsoft), etc.
     <p></p>
   * _Andrew Tanenbaum_ rewrote a Unix kernel for his OS classes for IBM PCs %BR%
     -> *Minix* (also Copyrighted)
     <p></p>
   * _Linus Torvalds_ (as a second year student in 1991) used Minix as a model for a Unix kernel
     for Intel 286 CPUs (first Intel CPU with MMU features) %BR%
     -> *Linux*
     <p></p>
   * No Minix code was used. Torvalds chose the *GPL* (GNU Public License)

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