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Linux 2001 Timeline

Posted by HeUnique on from the this-is-definately-in-a-must-read dept.

From the people at Eklektix Inc. (ok, everyone knows them simply as LWN or Linux Weekly News) have written the Linux 2001 Timeline (you can read it all at once with this link, though it's 1MB download). Lots of funny notes from Linus, Eric Raymond, RMS, some sad moments. Who would have remembered that Linux kernel 2.4.0 went out only a year ago (Jan. 4, 2001), Eric Raymond promising SourceForge mirrors, and other tidbits -- A definite must-read.

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  1. Humanoid robots? by mrroot · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article, July 2001:
    The University of Tokyo makes a Linux-powered humanoid robot

    Possible highlights from 2002's timeline:

    Sept 2002... Linux-powered humanoid robot gets rooted by 1337 hacker in under 10 minutes.

    Oct 2002... Microsoft makes a Windows XP-Powered Humanoid Robot, but it goes berserk, killing 12 innocent bystanders after it got a BSOD.

    Nov 2002... Pay per view event: Linux-Powered Humanoid Robot vs. Windows XP-Powered Humanoid Robot in a winner-take-all death match.

    Dec 2002... Army of Linux-powered humanoid robots march on Redmond, WA.

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    I Heart Sorting Networks
    1. Re:Humanoid robots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Jan. 2002: Linus invokes the little known pinky_brain feature in the 2.9kernel

      Feb. 2002: Linux takes over the desktop market

  2. Jon Stewart-esque by SilentChris · · Score: 3, Funny
    "This-is-definately-in-a-"must-read" dept."

    In a Jon Stewart voice, "If... you happen... to use Linux".

  3. Linus flees by Medievalist · · Score: 4, Funny
    This is just a great (and accurate) tidbit:
    Linus redefines min() and max() in the 2.4.9 stable release, then flees the country. Many people object to the new, nonstandard interface.
    I've just recently started testing 2.4-based distributions - there didn't seem to be any point when they were only nominally stable.

    Red Hat 7.2 seems useable, except for the broken pppd.

    --Charlie
  4. and in 2002 ... by gCGBD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft claims it is responsible for the creation and all of the innovation in Linux, announces that its next release will be Linux based, and that everyone who uses Linux in any capacity will owe them royalties, license fees, and due homage.

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    O=='=++
  5. January 4, 2001 by Whatthehellever · · Score: 1, Funny

    My daughter was born January 4, 2001. Coincidence? I think not.

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    May the SOURCE be with you.
  6. Slashdot title scan by (trb001) · · Score: 2, Funny

    This couldn't have been that hard to compile, all you have to do is grep through the Slashdot story titles for the past year for certain keywords and the timeline writes itself.

    --trb

  7. Linus has fleas? by Taco_spork · · Score: 0, Funny

    what about Lucy? I heard she has the crabs...

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    Fuck you, taco hell!
  8. Re:MPAA==RIAA==maffia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since when is Italian-American a race?