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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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Happy 32nd Birthday, Linux! (9to5linux.com)
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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.”

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[–] guriinii@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I actually thought linux was older than that. TIL.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You probably were thinking of Unix, which was around since the '60s.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

70s really. Multics is not Unix (not an acronym).

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yes but someone will make it one now

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh dear. What have I done?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

MNU.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Same. Turns out I'm older than Linux and I would have guessed the opposite, by a lot.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.....

[–] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a card I can sign?

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah we're passing round the SSH keys

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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==

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you put your root password in lemmy it auto censors it see *********!

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

WinstonChurchill What the Hell! It didn't censor mine!

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh good idea! Here's mine!

QWxsIFlvdXIgQmFzZSBBcmUgQmVsb25nIFRvIFVz

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's this? ECDSA for ants?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it's ASCII plain-text, try decode it