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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. Second try by suso · · Score: 4, Informative

    We went over this last year. Linux was released on September 17th, not in August.

  2. Re:Well, that's great by soliptic · · Score: 2, Informative

    Er. Windows 3.1 (arguably the first usable version) didn't come out til 1992. So I'd say it HAS come quite a long way in the last 15 years. Still, enjoy your cheap laugh :)

  3. Re:First usable version of Windows? by alienw · · Score: 2, Informative

    You either have a failing piece of hardware (memory/HDD) or a bad driver. I have never seen XP crash. Now, viruses are a different story...

  4. Re:First usable version of Windows? by Kyle_Katarn-(ISF) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Slackware. Eight years ago.

    Now, I'm a linux-user myself, but I can see how trying to get X running on Slackware could be a daunting task NOW, not to mention 8 years ago. Incidentally, I tried Slackware first myself, and was extremely annoyed with it. I was ready to give up on Linux and go back to WinME (See why I wanted Linux?) when a friend suggested I try Debian. I did, and it was MUCH easier. As a matter of fact, it's my main system today.