Linux @lemmy.ml pnutzh4x0r @lemmy.ndlug.org 1 yr. ago

Happy 32nd Birthday, Linux!

9to5linux.com Happy 32nd Birthday, Linux! - 9to5Linux

Today is Linux's 32nd birthday so join me in wishing Linux many more awesome years to come and to celebrate its amazing journey.

It’s August 25th and it’s Linux’s 32nd birthday, so join me in celebrating the birthday of Linux for those of you who celebrate it on this day with a glass of good champagne and a delicious cake!

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

Linux @discuss.tchncs.de petsoi @discuss.tchncs.de 1 yr. ago

Happy 32nd Birthday, Linux!

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I actually thought linux was older than that. TIL.
- You probably were thinking of Unix, which was around since the '60s.
  
  70s really. Multics is not Unix (not an acronym).
- Same. Turns out I'm older than Linux and I would have guessed the opposite, by a lot.
I think I started using Linux around 1995 with Slackware on a bunch of floppies... Used to compile my own kernel back then... But haven't been doing that in a long time.

Happy bday Linux and thanks Linus

Back then my computer was barely fast enough to play mp3s.....
Is there a card I can sign?
- Yeah we're passing round the SSH keys
  
  Heres my pubkey, please enter it into your /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
  
  AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAhH6uQMqlxUq6sLClnPp03DFbe3ETyqk6hE4k65y8U8yoGY2PsUV8YOOXaQFsGm0bpAFvAbEZwlJBlUP2bx04joV4N70/5NKbeAp6wS5HAiPHdbtaF/5UpqSPC3lkWdcb6WcS+uexdFk/LXKl3kKKw5xD9L7X1M3M/q04NHadOnDvzgmTKnM3bhn7WmSsx3thGDebEN+5ERk/Z85xQI/li201h5ab6B+G2FOQ0MKHw5VqqMUCjimimkXz1tVaYFoZ0oByM8otHyt/+b/DGvx3FGU6O1qgpWdpm3lWrkT300fZCxKlprQag0WaSa7n2i6FBPbUtmbGnI+c/2BD7kDVJw==

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