'Just a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax

Linus Torvalds announced the development of Linux 35 years ago, initially describing it as a hobby operating system that he almost named Freax. Starting with only 10,000 lines of code, the free OS has expanded to 40 million lines. Today, Linux dominates global infrastructure, evolving from a small project by a Finnish graduate student into a fundamental technology that has permanently changed the world, far exceeding its original scope as a simple personal hobby project.