According to its creator, Linus Torvalds, it was just for fun, but also mainly to teach himself the 386 instruction and feature sets.
Erroneously, a lot of FSF types like to claim Linux was created to provide the world with a free and open source operating system, but at no point has anyone involved in the actual creation of Linux ever stated this as a motivation. The reality was that at the time Linus had no actual ambition for the project (It 'wouldn't be big like GNU' in his own words.)
Even today, Linus has often been vocal in his criticism of Richard Stallman and the FSF for following a blind "everything must be free and open source" mentality. He believes more in a "use what works best" philosophy, as do most Linux users, a great deal of whom could care less about the GPL.
To create a perfect society.
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The idea behind Linux was to create an operating system that could run UNIX software, but would be free.
Shabbat, the Sabbath, is the day of rest for the Jews, in tribute to the 7th day of Creation on which God rested.
Linux hositng is cheaper because there is less data. Windows based hosting is more commonplace and widely used.
An origin story or a creation myth is commonly used to describe a tale that explains the reason behind something's existence or origin.
free (as in costs 0$)
Linus Torvalds was the principal engineer who created the Linux kernel, the chief component behind modern Linux operating systems used today such as Ubuntu, SUSE, or Fedora.
1. You can use AIM regardless of ISP. 2. You can use AIM on Linux. Both Pidgin and Kopete support the creation of chatrooms for AIM.
To the contrary: those are things Linux actually excels at. There is no reason why you couldn't use Linux for those things.
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