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Celebrating 20 Years of Linux

Posted by Unknown on from the dirty-gnu-hippies dept.

dmbkiwi writes "2011 is the 20th anniversary of the first release of the Linux kernel by Linus Torvalds. Since that time, the Linux kernel, together with the GNU tools and a whole host of software has been developed by enthusiasts and professional programmers into an operating system that runs on tiny embedded systems right up to the world's fastest supercomputers." The Linux Foundation is hosting a celebratory gala at this year's LinuxCon.

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  1. Happy Birthday by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you get for the kernel that has everything?

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    1. Re:Happy Birthday by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Funny

      What do you get for the kernel that has everything?

      A larger desktop market share and acceptance by the general population?

    2. Re:Happy Birthday by manpeach · · Score: 3, Funny

      Give Him a twenty dollar gift certificate at Pizza Jo's!

    3. Re:Happy Birthday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Obligatory XKCDs:

      http://xkcd.com/456/

    4. Re:Happy Birthday by node+3 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sounds like Canonical has that covered.

      That gift must have got lost in the mail...

    5. Re:Happy Birthday by hairyfeet · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually I'd say these two fit the situation better. That said Happy BDay, may you manage to keep the corps from TiVo tricking your code, and keep making it so any CPU in recorded history can have a Bash term and be hacked. Many happy returns and here's to another 20 years.

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