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> If you're just one dude that has no experience in creating operating systems then you shouldn't seriously try to write one from scratch.

In the alternate reality following your dictum, Linux does not exist.



The Linux that was created by one person is far from the Linux that exists today. The Linux that exists today was created by hundreds (thousands?) of people over the span of decades.


Thousands of people wrote Linux and all the parts that it uses.




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