Comment by supermatt

9 days ago

Finland (where Linux comes from) is in the EU. There are also a few European linux distributions you may have heard of: e.g. Debian, SUSE, Ubuntu (UK), Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia, Knoppix, etc.

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u8080  8 days ago

How is Linux related to Finland? Just because some of early contributors was born in Finland?

  • LunaSea  8 days ago

    You mean the actual founder of Linux is from Finland, not just a contributor.

    Also you're forgetting all the "US" companies with headquarters in Luxembourg or Ireland.

  • supermatt  8 days ago

    It was literally created by Torvalds (a Finn) while at the university of Helsinki (in Finland).

    • u8080  8 days ago

      I am not claiming "invention", my whole point here is that place of origin means nothing, especially for a FOSS project - despite Linus being important part of it.

      If we talk about OS being independent from US, the culprit is where does control(both in terms of technology and legislation) comes from. Main contributors are US companies(technological control) while Linus is obligated to comply to US laws and decisions as US citizen.

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