Linus Torvalds interview, part one: From VIC-20 to Raspberry Pi

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In the first part of a three-part interview, Linus Torvalds talks about how he got Linux off the ground, the 'marketing' of Linux and Raspberry Pi. First published in 2012.

First published in December 2012, Millennium Technology Prize winner Linus Torvalds tells Computing about how he first got into computers, and the development of Linux. The first in a three-part se...

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