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Happy 13th Birthday Linux!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-lucky-on dept.

carlmenezes writes "On August 25, 2001 we celebrated the 10th birthday of Linux. Today, it's year 13. Lucky for Linux, maybe?" Congrats to everyone who managed to get their name in the credits! You must be very proud parents.

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  1. puberty by nuggetman · · Score: 4, Funny

    soon its voice will be cracking and hair will be apearing in places it never appeared befeore

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    ...and that's all there is to it.
    1. Re:puberty by zymurgy_cat · · Score: 5, Funny

      don't forget that all the jobs in your crontab file will only get done once a week, but you'll now have to configure them to run every 5 minutes. ps and top will now start outputting things like, "yeah, yeah, i'll get to it later" and "i already did it this week!"

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    2. Re:puberty by doggiesnot · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah, they grow up so fast!

      You're lucky, when your little penguin is ready for junior/senior prom, at least you won't need to rent a tuxedo.


      rm -rf /bin/laden http://andrewhitchcock.org/index.pl?page=binladen

    3. Re:puberty by b0r0din · · Score: 5, Funny

      young-man$ rm trash
      rm: Aww, Mom! I'll do it later.
      young-man$ set TABLE "now"
      set: But I did it last week! Ask the Sparc5, I'm busy playing Counterstrike.
      young-man$ exec homework
      exec: Command failed.
      young-man$ write paper
      write: paper is not logged on.
      young-man$ kill -9 1
      NOOOOooooooooooo...

    4. Re:puberty by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 5, Funny

      Before he gets a car, he'll have to pay $699 for a license...

  2. Closed party by tcdk · · Score: 4, Funny
    So I click "Read More" and get a

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    ...message. Inviting people to a birthday party and they not letring them in the door...

    That's just rude...

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  3. it's teenage years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    when the child genius starts getting distracted and all rebelious.

    linus: what are you rebeling against?

    tux: whadda ya got?

  4. Little boy is growing up. by The+I+Shing · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux is 13? Pretty soon it's going to start liking girls, [sniff] and then before you know it you're handing over the car keys and telling it to please be careful. (oops, I've assigned the male gender to an operating system... all the girls who read Slashdot will be mad at me... all three of them...)

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    You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
    1. Re:Little boy is growing up. by MmmmAqua · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey now, don't go forcing Linux into your gender roles! Linux is about choice - so you'll just have to become comfortable with Linux's new companion - Tim.

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      Arr! The laws of physics be a harsh mistress!
  5. Linux a Teen? by Manip · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh woot, we've had 10years of calm quiet Linux and now we get 5 of teen Linux.. moody and depressed. :-/

    I for one can't wait until Linux reaches maturity on its 18th.

    PS I bet Linux will get more girls fiddling with it than I did as a teen.. UHH even than I do currently :'(

  6. And that is why... by Gunfighter · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I got married on the 10th birthday of Linux. That way my anniversary would be easy to remember.

    By the way honey, if you're reading this... Happy Anniversary.

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    -- Stu

    /. ID under 2,000. I feel old now.
    1. Re:And that is why... by sometwo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe you can get her some Linux jewelry....

  7. Only 13?!?! by SirStanley · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel kinda creepy for having to fsck my linux partition now.

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  8. happy birthday! by sometwo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's a special birthday package

  9. Come on... by StevenHenderson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come on, Linux...just tell me you're 18. I'm dying to install you on my computers any play with you all night long

  10. With apologies to Bill Cosby by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny

    I spawned your process, and I can kill -9 you!

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    My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.

  11. Re:Nah ah! by suso · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're right, the release date of the first version should be its birthday. So today is more like the 13th anniversary of the middle of its third tri-mester. ;-)

  12. Re:First words by hoofie · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like the bit at the bottom:

    ...it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(."

    I think the hardware support has moved on a bit from then....[My linux is currently running on a dual-processor pentium with SCSI raid array].

  13. Penguin years... by atomic-penguin · · Score: 4, Funny

    But the average penguin lives 15-20 years. So that is like 46 in penguin years. So Tux would be going through a mid-life crisis about now.

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