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Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old (lemmy.ml)
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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 🤍

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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What are AT-harddisks? Google is not helpful.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Aka PATA or IDE hard disks. Basically consumer grade kit.

    The statement that the kernel would only ever handle IDE was basically a confession that this would never be a product suitable for enterprise or professional use where SCSI was the typical interface.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    To be fair, it's actually not suitable for professional use. That'd be an understatement, it's damn perfect for literally everything!

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