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

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

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  3. 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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    -- Fugacity: Confusing chemists since 1908
  4. 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...

  5. 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.

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

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