Finux

Finux is the name used by Neal Stephenson in Cryptonomicon denoting an operating system written by Finnish people. The name is a thinly-veiled reference to Linux, originally written by Helsinki native Linus Torvalds.

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Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon - Operating system - Finnish people - Linux - Helsinki - Linus Torvalds

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Mr. Stephenson states on his web page that the reason for the name change was:

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:Since Finux was the principal operating system used by the characters in the book, I needed some creative leeway to have the fictitious operating system as used by the characters be different in minor ways from the real operating system called Linux. Otherwise I would receive many complaints from Linux users pointing out errors in my depiction of Linux. This is why Batman works in Gotham City, instead of New York—by putting him in Gotham City, the creators afforded themselves the creative license to put buildings in different places, etc.

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Batman - Gotham City - New York

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