Actually before Linux came to planet earth there was another kernel called Unix and this was implemented in the 1960s and first released in 1970s. This was freely available and also because of it's portability Unix became a hit in the world of IT. Then after a while Unix became commercialized and was not free. So a person by the name of Richard Stallman created a project called GNU in 1983 to provide an Unix like operating system for free under GPL(General Public License). By the year 1990 everything was ready to created a full operating system but there was a problem the GNU kernel code named Hurd had failed to attract the interest of developers and was little unstable. And there was several other release from different creators but they also had smiler problems.
This led to a project in 1991 that began in Hesinki by Linus Torvalds that later became the Linux kernel. At beginning it was a terminal emulator that was used by Torvalds to access Unix servers. After a while Torvalds noticed that he has written an operating system kernel and on 25th of August 1991 he announced this to newsgroup "comp.os.minix" through Usenet. And later this became the famous Linux that we now today.
This led to a project in 1991 that began in Hesinki by Linus Torvalds that later became the Linux kernel. At beginning it was a terminal emulator that was used by Torvalds to access Unix servers. After a while Torvalds noticed that he has written an operating system kernel and on 25th of August 1991 he announced this to newsgroup "comp.os.minix" through Usenet. And later this became the famous Linux that we now today.
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