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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. 20 years of Linux on the desktop. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And still at 0.76% market share. . I was sucked in to the linux trap in 2001, and am glad to have got out of it. Gnome 3 was the final nail in the coffin, and Unity is the kick to the horse corpse.

  2. Re:Linux fangirl since 1997 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    You have a computer in the kitchen?