▲ 1962 ▼ Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by DeaDSouL@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments Happy birthday 🎊🎉 GNU/Linux. Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old. It was thankfully released to the public on August 25th, 1991 by Linus Torvalds when he was only 21 years old student. What a lovely journey 🤍
[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 101 points 2 years ago (2 children) No way Linux is 32! I remember when it first came out and it was just...oh. Don't mind me, I'll just be here yelling at the cloud. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 2 years ago Sigh, my condolences. I’m shouting right beside you. I first learned about linux in 1993 in college. I got it working on a shiny new 486 with super vga graphics. We were allowed access to the college’s aix mainframes and thus the internet via a slip connection - but only through Unix like systems. Linux was amazing, I couldn’t believe we had x going, and loading up cad, matlab, maple, ftp, fsp, irc, nettrek, and everything else possible in the computer centers - but over a telephone line from our apartment. Magical. Funny how it really only became my daily driver three ish years ago - despite using it forever. Cuz games - glad that’s changed finally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago Most of the cloud runs Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 2 years ago Sigh, my condolences. I’m shouting right beside you. I first learned about linux in 1993 in college. I got it working on a shiny new 486 with super vga graphics. We were allowed access to the college’s aix mainframes and thus the internet via a slip connection - but only through Unix like systems. Linux was amazing, I couldn’t believe we had x going, and loading up cad, matlab, maple, ftp, fsp, irc, nettrek, and everything else possible in the computer centers - but over a telephone line from our apartment. Magical. Funny how it really only became my daily driver three ish years ago - despite using it forever. Cuz games - glad that’s changed finally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago Most of the cloud runs Linux. permalink fedilink source parent