Linux  charithra 
 unix opeerating sistom  1969 loo uunited stetes ‌ loni  AT&T  yokka bel labs ‌ loo kenn thompson ,  dennis ritchie ,  douglas meck ‌ lus ‌ ray mariyu joo ossanna chetha ruupomdimchabadimdi mariyu amalu cheyabadindhi .  modhatisaarigaa  1971 loo vidudalaindi ,  aa samayamlo sadarana paddhatilo unix purtiga assembli bashalo vraayabadindi . 1973 loo ,  ooka keelakamaina maargadarshaka vidhaanamlo ,  dheenini  C  prograaming bashalo dennis ritchie  ( konni haard ‌ ware mariyu  I/O  roteen ‌ lanu minahayinchi )  tirigi vraasaaru . Unix  yokka unnanatha - stayi basha amalu yokka labhyata vividha computers plaat ‌ faram ‌ laku dani porting ‌ nu sulabhatharam chesindi .

 computers vyaapaaramloki praveshinchakundaa nishedhinche munupati antitrust kesu kaaranamgaa , AT&T  opeerating sistom yokka sorse kood ‌ nu evarainaa adigina variki vaanijya rahasyamgaa licenses icchindi .  falithamgaa , Unix  twaraga abhivruddhi chendhindhi mariyu vidyaa samshthalu mariyu vyaapaaraalachae vistrutamgaa sweekarinchabadindi . 1984 loo , AT&T  dani praamtiya opeerating companylanu vidichipettindi mariyu computers vyaapaaramloki pravesinchakudadane dani badyatha nundi vidudalaindi ;  aa badyatha nundi vimukthi pomdi ,  bel labs unix ‌ nu yajamanya utpattigaa vikrayinchadam praarambhinchindi ,  ikda viniyogadaarulu dhaanini savarinchadaaniki chattabaddhamga anumatinchabadaledu .

 onyx systams  1980 loo praarambha microcompeutr - aadhaaritha unix varey ‌ steshion ‌ lanu vikrayinchadam praarambhinchindi .  tarwata ,  staun ‌ faired universitylo studant projekt yokka spun - af ‌ gaaa sthapinchabadina shone microsystems  1982 loo unix aadhaaritha desk ‌ tap varey ‌ steshion ‌ lanu vikrayinchadam praarambhinchindi .  ayithe shone varey ‌ staeshanlu upayoginchaledu . Linux  vento commodity  PC  haard ‌ ware taruvaata abhivruddhi cheyabadindhi ,  idi unix opeerating sistom ‌ nu amalu chese prathamikangaa singel - uuser microcompeutr ‌ nu pampinhii cheyadamlo modati vijayavantamaina vaanijya prayatnaanni suchisthundi .

 unix ooka yajamanya utpattigaa  " locke in "  cheeyadamtoo , 1983 loo richaard stall ‌ man praarambhinchina  GNU  projekt ,  purtiga uchita saft ‌ ware ‌ thoo koodina  " porthi unix - anukula saft ‌ ware sistom " ni roopondinche lakshyamtho Pali . 1984 loo pania prarambhamaindi .  tarwata , 1985 loo ,  stall ‌ man phri saft ‌ ware fouundation ‌ nu praarambhinchaadu mariyu  1989 loo  GNU  genaral piblic licenses  (GNU GPL) ni raashaadu . 1990 l praarambhamlo ,  opeerating sistom ‌ loo  ( librarylu ,  compiler ‌ lu vantivi )  avasaramaina anek prograamme ‌ lu  ,  text editer ‌ lu ,  comaand - Jalor shale mariyu windoying sistom )  porthi cheyabaddaayi ,  ayinappatikee devise drivar ‌ lu ,  daemaun ‌ lu mariyu kernal vento takuva - stayi muulakaalu , GNU Hurd,  nilichipooyaayi mariyu asampuurnamgaa unnayi .

MINIX  anede computers science professor ayina aandruu  S.  tannen ‌ baam ‌ chee srushtinchabadindi mariyu  1987 loo vidyaarthulu mariyu opeerating sistom suuthraalanu neerchukoevaalanukunee itharulanu lakshyangaa cheesukuni kaneesa  Unix- vento opeerating sistom ‌ gaaa vidudhala cheyabadindhi . MINIX  yokka porthi sorse kood uchitamgaa andubatulo unnappatikee ,  licensing nibandhanalu epril  2000 loo licensing maare varku uchita saft ‌ ware ‌ gaaa undakunda nirodhinchaayi .

1992  varku vidudhala cheyanappatiki ,  nyayaparamaina chikkula kaaranamgaa , NetBSD, OpenBSD  mariyu  FreeBSD  nundi vacchina  386BSD  abhivruddhi , Linux  kante mundhey jargindi .

 aa samayamlo  (1991) GNU  kernal ledha  386BSD  andubatulo undi vunte ,  athanu bahusa  Linux ni srushtimchi undevaadu kadhani  Linus Torvalds  vaervaeru sandarbhaalalo perkonnaadu .
Linux,  computers opeerating sistom  1990 l praarambhamlo finnish saft ‌ ware inhaniir linus torvalds mariyu phri saft ‌ ware fouundation  (FSF) chee srushtinchabadindi .

 helsinki vishvavidyaalayanloo vidyaarthigaa unnappudu ,  torvalds  UNIX  opeerating sistom ayina  MINIX  lanty sistom ‌ nu roopondhinchadaaniki  Linux ni abhivruddhi cheeyadam praarambhinchaadu . 1991 loo athanu variation  0.02 ni vidudhala chesudu ;  opeerating sistom yokka pradhaanamiena  Linux  kernal yokka variation  1.0 1994 loo vidudalaindi .  adae samayamlo ,  amarican saft ‌ ware developar richaard stall ‌ man mariyu  FSF GNU  aney open sorse  UNIX- vento opeerating sistom ‌ nu roopondhinchadaaniki prayatnalu chesaayi .  torvalds ‌ ku viruddhamgaa ,  stall ‌ man mariyu  FSF  mundhuga opeerating sistom choose yutiliteelanu srushtinchadam dwara praarambhinchaaru . GNU/Linux  ani piluvabadee porthi sistom ‌ nu srushtinchadaaniki yea utilitylu  Linux  kernal ‌ ku jodinchabaddaayi ledha takuva khachitamgaa cheppalantey kevalam  Linux.