On August 25, 1991, the 21-year-old Finnish student, Linus Benedict Torvalds announced in the comp.os.minix newsgroup that he was working on a free operating system for 386 (486) AT clones, just as a hobby – and Linux was born.
In fact, this announcement was made 33 years ago, and we probably never thought that the “hobby” could be such a big thing, and the product would be used longer forwarded by millions around the world.
A Linux because of the stability, performance and flexibility of cloud computing and supercomputers it dominates the field, and also plays a fundamental role in the world of IoT. There are more than 600 Linux distributions, which shows the success of Linux.
It is interesting to note that Linux started before Linus Torvalds started working on the Linux kernel in 1991. People like Richard M. Stallmanalready excited about the idea of ”free Unix”. Linux followed its Unix predecessors (such as SunOS) in many ways, but its open nature allowed this level of innovation.
The foundation of the Linux kernel was laid in September 1983, when Richard M. Stallman named the “GNU Project”, and the name also marked the difference between Unix and the new varieties of Linux which was developing. The Linux kernel is the main part of the Linux operating system that mediates between hardware and running processes. Linus Torvalds, who recently turned 55, is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. This year, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) celebrated the 40th anniversary of the GNU operating system and the launch of the free software movement, which dramatically changed the computing landscape.
Today, Linux is everywhere around us, it is Android from smartphones, Wi-Fi routers, smart assistants and smart refrigerators to big screen TVs, satellites and airplanes. Linux powers the global Internet, the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers, Wall Street, and even the International Space Station (ISS).
2024-08-26 05:30:19
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