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Happy Birthday, Linux! An OS At 24

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-it-about-time-it-got-a-real-job? dept.

prisoninmate writes: It has been 24 long years since the first ever release of the Linux project on August 25, 1991, which is the core component of any GNU/Linux distribution. With this occasion we want to remind everyone that Linux is everywhere, even if you don't see it. You use Linux when you search on Google, when you use your phone, when buy metro tickets, actually the whole Internet is powered by Linux. Happy Birthday, Linux!

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  1. It's been 24 years by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And I really hope Linux will last at least another 24 years (2039: they'll have to fix that 32 bit time since the Epoch, though).

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  2. Re:Crap. by Stewie241 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Curious as to why you would run Xubuntu at home if you hate Linux so much.

  3. Re:Crap. by LVSlushdat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    heh .. Such problems with Linux.. Funny how theres a bunch of us out there that have been using it since FOREVER (Slackware/1995 here..) and have ZERO problems with it... If this AC is *actually* having these kinda problems, either he's got seriously crap hardware or more likely he's just trolling... And with what a spyware-fest Windows 10 is, I suspect a LOT more people are gonna say "FUCK MS" and come over to the Linux side...

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