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[–] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Haha yeah actually I wonder whether people actually did ask this when Linux started making the rounds. If I read the history right BSD was already almost 15 years old at the time!

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

It was, but there wasn't an i386 BSD yet (which is where OpenBSD and NetBSD enter the picture). Linus Torvalds has said if OpenBSD had been available when he started the linux kernal, he would have just used that instead

[–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. Yes they did.