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Happy 32nd Birthday, Linux!
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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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).
yes but someone will make it one now
Oh dear. What have I done?
MNU.
Same. Turns out I'm older than Linux and I would have guessed the opposite, by a lot.