Ian Murdock died in mysterious circumstances, is it a suicide or a murder? There are still a lot of things unclear. The cause of death is shrouded in mystery, a few hours before his death, Murdock announced his intention to commit suicide the same night. There are rumors on the web that the Murdocks account had been hacked and that someone is spreading fake news. Murdock developed the Linux operating system in August 1993 and served as the CTO of the Linux Foundation.”]
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