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Linux 3.17-rc2 Release Marks 23 Years of the Linux Kernel

Posted by Unknown on from the linux-goes-to-grad-school dept.

An anonymous reader writes Linus Torvalds released Linux 3.17-rc2 today in commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the original kernel announcement. It was on 25 August 1991 that he announced his new OS project to the Minix users list.

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  1. Hail Eris by Richy_T · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hail Discordia.

  2. So what does Linux offer me over... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Say, a train, which I could also easily afford?

    Is it disrespectful to dirt? Does it have awesome power?