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Linux Turns 8

Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday September 17, 1999 @02:46AM from the happy-birthday dept.

Skogshuggarn writes "The initial public release of Linux - version 0.01 - occurred on the 17th September 1991. The world's best operating system is therefore 8 years old this Friday. Happy Birthday " Seems like only yesterday that our little kernel was in potty training, and now here it is all grown up and ready for world domination.

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Slashdotted by cabalamat · 1999-09-16 17:50 · Score: 4

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Re:There was a mistake in that report.. by m3000 · 1999-09-17 00:05 · Score: 4

The "Worlds Best Operating System" can mean different things to different people. For some, Linux, for others, Windows. Or for you, FreeBSD. It's all subjective. Myself, I prefer Windows because it's the best for me.