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Happy 15th Birthday Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-do-you-get-a-penguin dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's 15 years already! On August 25th, 1991 Linus Torvalds submitted the famous message to comp.os.minix: 'Hello everybody out there using minix — I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things)' Happy Birthday Linux!"

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  1. Wow!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    15 years of no drivers! Linux users must be devoted.

    1. Re:Wow!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      I'll let you in on a little secret - Linux (OSS in general) is the poor mans porn downloading system, and porn has driven its development. No one prints porn, so forget printer drivers. A few people want to upload pictures of themselves naked, so there are a few camera drivers. Scanners, forget it. USAB keys ? Handy for trading PORN. I don't know how to do it, but if some sort of survey could be done I think you would find that 90% of all Linux systems are used for porn excusively. The other 10% are scientists Latexing their papers, and downloading porn.

      And don't forget, these are the biggest cheapskates in the world. They don't want to pay for porn or software.

  2. Not worth the effort by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't think I will waste much time or effort on this --- I seriously doubt that it will go anywhere.