Linus Torvalds, widely known as the creator of Linux, made his first post to Usenet (the early equivalent of Internet forums) in January of 1991. Then only 21 years old Linus reports purchasing a new 'fine' computer (386,33 MHz), which was likely the same computer that he used for coding the initial version of the Linux kernel, which was announced approx. 8 months after this initial post.

The archived document is stored in the UsenetArchives.com at the following URL: https://usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=Linus_Torvalds_First_Thread

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Note: UsenetArchives.com has grown to be one of the most extensive archives of early Internet posts on the Internet (we're archiving hundreds of millions of Usenet posts).

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