On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Bruce Dawson wrote (on gnhlug-org):
> I thought it was named Linux when Lars (or whoever) put it up on the ftp
> site. Linus may have made an "announcement" earlier - but I don't think
> he named it "Linux"!

  IIRC, Linus's original name for it was "Freeix", pronounced "Freaks".
The FTP admin didn't like the name, so he changed it to "Linux".

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