<i>After all, Linux&#x27;s creator must have been an egomaniac to name it after himself - it&#x27;ll never take off.</i><p>Curiously, Linus did consider naming it &quot;Linux&quot; as too egotistical, and chose &quot;Freax&quot; instead. It was a colleague who renamed it when uploading to the FTP server.<p>I agree with your point, by the way.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_Linux#Naming" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_Linux#Naming</a>