A firsthand account of Linux's creation and early development by Lars Wirzenius, who witnessed Linus Torvalds' journey from writing a simple multitasking program to creating the Linux kernel in 1991. The kernel evolved from displaying alternating As and Bs on screen to becoming a global powerhouse running on billions of devices, including Mars rovers.

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