The first version was called Freax, a name chosen by Torvalds because it incorporated elements of “free” and “freak” — the “x” at the end is a common attribute of the names of many Unix-like systems.

第一版称为Freax，这是托瓦尔兹选取的名字，它把“自由”和“怪物”这两个要素合并起来——末尾的“x”是许多类Unix系统名称的共性。

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The first version was called Freax, a name chosen by Torvalds because it incorporated elements of “free” and “freak” — the “x” at the end is a common attribute of the names of many Unix-like systems.

第一版称为Freax，这是托瓦尔兹选取的名字，它把“自由”和“怪物”这两个要素合并起来——末尾的“x”是许多类Unix系统名称的共性。

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