Happy 34th Birthday, Linux!

Posted by hanuca on Aug 25, 2025 7:41 AM CST
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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Today is August 25th, which marks 34 years since Linux was first announced. Grab a glass of your favorite beverage and join me in celebrating the 34th birthday of Linux!

It was on August 25th, 1991, when the 21-year-old Finnish student Linus Benedict Torvalds made his now-famous announcement on the comp.os.minix newsgroup that he was working on a free operating system for 386(486) AT clones, just as a “hobby”.

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