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Now that it's August 25 in most countries, the time has come for us Linux geeks to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the open source project that changed the world as we know it.
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Yes, that's right, exactly 25 years ago, on August 25, 1991, which was a Sunday, Linus Benedict Torvalds informed Minix users that he was doing a free computer operating system as a hobby. "Hello everybody out there using Minix. I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU) for 386 (486) AT clone," read the announcement.
Well, 25 years later, it turns out Linux is a big thing, bigger than GNU was, and it's everywhere around us. Linux kernel powers your Android or Ubuntu smartphone as you read this story on your 5.5-inch display, it's used by search engine giant Google, as well as 99.9% of the websites you're accessing daily. Linux kernel, as the core component of a GNU/Linux operating system, is everywhere around us. Full Story |
