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Celebrating 20 Years of Linux
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.
What do you get for the kernel that has everything?
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
I didn't know Stallman had a Slashdot account...
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Click on the underlined "20th anniversary of the first release of the Linux kernel " and you go nowhere.
GNU dates from 1983. This is just the Linux kernel's anniversary.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Linux is a kernel, and it's called Linux, and it's not part of the GNU project. A distribution that includes the GNU tool set and the Linux kernel is a GNU/Linux distribution. This is not a story about a GNU/Linux distribution, it's a story about the kernel. If you're going to be pedantic, get it right.
I installed one of the first Slackware distros around 1993 or so on my old 486SX-25 with a whopping 70mb hard drive and 8mb of RAM, to run my BBS. I showed off running X and having folks dial in on one of my two phone lines, really flew once I had proper UART serial ports.
Now I'm running Linux servers every bloody where; custom routers, SAMBA servers, LAMP servers, Postfix mail gateway.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
I realize this is probably an attempt at humor, but it's not funny and a lot people still seem to be confused about the issue. Linux is 20 years old, but GNU is 27 years old. There are complete operating systems based on GNU (and not Linux) as well as those based on Linux with very little or no GNU components. The term GNU/Linux only makes sense when one is talking about an operating system based on both of them, which is by far the most common way to use either one of them.
It's not Slashdot. It's a bogus link in the text, once again the editors fail.
Note the lack of an HREF on the <a> tag.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
The Free Software Foundation didn't create Linux. Linus Torvalds created Linux and decided to license his code with the GPL. This little fact is the main reason that I call Linux by "Linux" and not "GNU/Linux".
The OS kernel that should be tagged with "GNU" is Hurd since it is actually being created by the FSF therefore it should be called "GNU Hurd".
Before the flaming commences, I'd like to defend myself by saying that I promote GNU software in the workplace and support their hard work. I do have some minor ideological differences with RMS, but that doesn't stop me from using GNU software or supporting the FSF.
These comments are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of my employer or colleagues...
Since the one in TFS is bogus -- I got this from the firehose:
Corrected Link
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
And in just 6 months, we'll all be celebrating the 15th anniversary of the first official release of OpenBSD.
Even if RMS has a Slashdot account, I doubt he'd find any fault with this story, which correctly describes the role both Linux and GNU have played.
That was the date of the birth announcement.
My God, it's Full of Source!
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No, that's ESR(3702).... He used to post here a while back...
I said no... but I missed and it came out yes.
The parent post is right. In FF4, links don't activate properly here on Slashdot. I don't know enough to figure it out, but it is only FF4 and Slashdot that I've seen this problem.
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