In comics: Linux celebrates 28th birthday

https://www.cyberciti.biz/linux-news/in-comics-linux-celebrates-28th-birthday/

On 26 August 1991, Linus Torvalds announced hobby project that was supposed to better than Minix operating systems.

The original plan was that Linux is going a free operating system, but just a hobby and won’t be big or professional like GNU. Linux turns 28 years old and together with GNU it has become much much bigger than originally planned: dominating supercomputers, Internet servers and smart phones.

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Linux Kernel 5.4 Released With Kernel Lockdown, ExFAT Support & Improvements to AMD Radeon Graphics
    https://itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-5-4/

    Linux Kernel 5.4 is the last major stable kernel release of the year 2019. This new release has some big changes that will (positively) impact both manufacturers and end-users.

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    GNU/Linux Love: Behind every successful penguin, there is a gnu. Image by Alison Upton https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gnulove.en.html

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  3. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Linux Foundation celebrates 30 years of Torvalds’ kernel with a dry T-shirt contest
    Artistic types invited to submit their designs – under very specific guidelines
    https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/08/linux_foundation_t_shirt/

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