securitybreach Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The 25 biggest events in Linux's 25-year history A year by year summary of the most significant events in Linux's history to date. Linus Torvalds and friends You can argue about Linux's official birthday. Heck, even Linus Torvalds thinks there are four different dates in 1991 that might deserve the honor. Regardless, Linux is twenty-five years old this year. Here are some of its highlights and lowlights..... http://www.zdnet.com...5-year-history/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Slackware Linux 1993: There were earlier Linux distributions, such as MCC and Yggdrasil Linux but Patrick Volkerding'sSlackware was the first broadly successful Linux distro and it's still being updated and used today. YAY! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 And my all time favorite, shortly thereafter that year; Debian Linux starts 1993: Debian Linux, the popular community Linux, gets its start. Today, it's the foundation for Mint, Ubuntu, and many other popular Linux distributions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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