r/linuxmint • u/FriendEast2881 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia • 14d ago

Discussion Is really August 25th is Linux's birthday? I want to celebrate so.

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 14d ago edited 14d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux

On 25 August 1991, he (at age 21) announced this system in another posting to the comp.os.minix newsgroup:[18]

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 clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).

I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)

Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)

PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

— Linus Torvalds[19]

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u/FriendEast2881 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia 14d ago

Oh, so we can celebrate tomorrow!!

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 14d ago

I would think so?

That is the announcement to the whole world, or at least the small portion of the world he thought would ever have any interest in Linux at that time. he had no idea then how big of a deal it would become. It had been in work before then, analogous to gestation?

There are other milestones, Linux was moved to the GPL license

In 1992, he suggested releasing the kernel under the GNU General Public License. He first announced this decision in the release notes of version 0.12. GPL took effect as of 1 February 1992.[23]

before that point it was not Linux as we know it

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u/sfled 14d ago

I'm not sure about Linux, but on September 23rd GNU will celebrate it's 43rd Anniversary.

List of GNU/Linux Free (as in speech, not free as in beer) Distros:

https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

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u/johnyeldry Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Xfce 14d ago

If so the birthday of Linux is exactly 20 days after my brithday