It has been 32 years since the first release of the Linux nucleus. The initial version, known as core 0.01, was compressed to a size of 62 KB after being redeemed from Tar.z in Tar.z tar.gz. This release consisted of 88 files and encompassed 10,239 lines of source code. The historic core 0.01 can still be accessed via mirrors like this one.
According to the opinion of Linus Torvalds himself, the creator of Linux, the true birthday of the operating system is precisely the moment of the nucleus 0.01’s publication. Torvalds emphasizes that it was not the day of the working prototype that marked this significant milestone.
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