• Today in History: Linux Turns 20 Today—And Shut Up, Yes, It Still Matters
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[release][h2]Linux Turns 20 Today—And Shut Up, Yes, It Still Matters[/h2] [url=http://gizmodo.com/5834436/linux-turns-20-todayand-shut-up-yes-it-still-matters][b]//Source[/b] Gizmodo[/url] ______________________________ [img]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/08/xlarge_linux20th.jpg[/img] We get it. Linux is just for nerds. Not mere nerds—we're all nerds—[i]Linux nerds[/i]. It's a hobbyist OS for contrarians. It's an antique. An oddity. Pointless. Right? Very, very wrong. Happy birthday, Linux—let's celebrate you like we should. Linux started off humbly enough—just some guy, some programmer's side project. A blip on a niche usenet group typed by Linus Torvalds, 20 years ago today: [quote]August 25th 1991 - Linus posted the following to comp.os.minix (a usenet newsgroup): I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi) PS. Yes – it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.[/quote] Yes, this is mostly programmer gobbledygook. It doesn't really matter, today. What matters is that Torvalds' claim that his creation will be "just a hobby, [not] big and professional" was completely wrong. Like, it could not be more incorrect. You might think of Linux as just that thing your nerdy Windows-hating friend struggles to get games working on. But it's more than just what he tinkers with in his bedroom—it's all over the place, and you've probably already used it today. It may have lost the OS wars long ago (if it even had a battle), but Linux is still an invisible king. Your Android device? I don't care if it's a Gingerbread phone or a Honeycomb tablet—both are built on the back of Linux code. Your TiVo? Linux. Along with a lot of the other cable and set top media boxes you might have stuffed under your TV. The New York Stock Exchange? The whole shebang runs on a cluster of HP Linux boxes. Those boxes are more important than the ones under your TV. Google something. Go ahead! That search? Executed on servers running customized Linux. That ATM you withdrew cash from last night? An increasing number are using a Linux variant. And of course, there is the tremendous number of servers powered by Linux that run the websites you frequent daily. Linux is a workhorse. It's value in this little world of ours isn't to sit in front of your nose on a nice display. It's not something to be talked about. Most of us will never care about its history, or features, or future. And that's because we don't have to—it sits there, invisibly, and carries the things we care about. It doesn't have OS X's chicness or Windows' geniality. It keeps its head down and hustles. And it's been at it for two decades now. So happy 20th, Linux—we're glad you didn't just stay a hobby.[/release] Happy b-day, Linux! :D [img]http://cybernetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wine-birthday.png[/img]
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Win7 is so much more practical.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;31946384]Never used it. Win7 is so much more practical.[/QUOTE] What?
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;31946384]Never used it.[/QUOTE] You're missing out.
snip, fuck it
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;31946408]Okay drop it and fuck it.[/QUOTE] Linux is too good for you.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;31946384]Win7 is so much more practical.[/QUOTE] Yeah well, that's just like, your opinion, man.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;31946419]Linux is too good for you.[/QUOTE] Yeah it's good, just saying with the edits that i slipped up. But win7 is much simpler and.. generic.
I grew up with linux
I am Linux
Even thought my Linux-fu is weak, I still love it. [editline]25th August 2011[/editline] [img]http://www.tomshw.it/articles/20070119/Linus_Torvalds_c.jpg[/img] Such a smug bastard. Thank you Finland for Linus Torvalds!
20 years of inferiority :v:
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses2;31946755]20 years of inferiority :v:[/QUOTE] In what respect? Linux was never meant to be a casual desktop OS.
20 years of torrenting linux distros.
Me, AT&T, Sun, Silicon Graphics, DIGITAL, NeXT, and IBM would like to present Linux with a cake to mark this wonderful day. [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3245429533_396998fe5c.jpg[/img] You completely undermined the minicomputer and supercomputer OS market and replaced closed-ended but highly optimized operating systems with a quick and dirty kernel that was made to run on everything but not optimized at all and opened every door, flooding the industry with redundant and poorly coded applications. Edit: Yes. Rate me dumb. I have no love for Linux at all. The bottom line is that Linux survived so long because assholes don't want to pay for a REAL operating system like Z/OS, Solaris, Irix, HP-UX, and System V.
[QUOTE=Sanius;31946803]In what respect? Linux was never meant to be a casual desktop OS.[/QUOTE] I'm joking around calm down
I really wish linux got more popular so people would make games for it and then I wouldn't mind switching to it.
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses2;31946755]20 years of inferiority :v:[/QUOTE] What? Saying something like that, underestimating the value of Linux as a whole, is like an insult to computing. [editline]26th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=MIPS;31947074]Wahh wahh wahhh[/QUOTE] ... I'm not even going to bother. GTFO.
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses2;31946755]20 years of inferiority :v:[/QUOTE]I believe hes being sarcastic guys.
Happy birthday sir! (or madam)
[QUOTE=MIPS;31947074]Me, AT&T, Sun, Silicon Graphics, DIGITAL, NeXT, and IBM would like to present Linux with a cake to mark this wonderful day. [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3245429533_396998fe5c.jpg[/img] You completely undermined the minicomputer and supercomputer OS market and replaced closed-ended but highly optimized operating systems with a quick and dirty kernel that was made to run on everything but not optimized at all and opened every door, flooding the industry with redundant and poorly coded applications. Edit: Yes. Rate me dumb. I have no love for Linux at all. The bottom line is that Linux survived so long because assholes don't want to pay for a REAL operating system like Z/OS, Solaris, Irix, HP-UX, and System V.[/QUOTE] Eh but you're hanging around on XP?
I tried Linux for the first time and I don't like it very much.
[QUOTE=bord2tears;31947477]Happy birthday sir! (or madam)[/QUOTE] Only linux user to post in this thread so far.
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;31947703]I tried Linux for the first time and I don't like it very much.[/QUOTE] Because you're one of those people who think Linux is a standardized/all the same OS such as Windows.
linux is for fag nerds why not just use win7 because you're too busy going on about your Computer Superiorities~~~ [quote=ccof chat]Dippidy ☂: they think they are special because they can edit their OS and some other crap that windows already does without any effort Dilbert: linux is good if you find windows too limiting torque about hexx: who finds windows too limiting torque about hexx: seriously what[/quote] ^^ the truth ^^
[QUOTE=nath2009uk;31947609]Eh but you're hanging around on XP?[/QUOTE] Windows killed the Workstation market. It didn't alienate the high-end server market. [quote]I'm not even going to bother. GTFO. [/quote] [img]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Supercomputer_Master_Race_by_Claidheam_Righ.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=MIPS;31947915]Windows killed the Workstation market. It didn't alienate the high-end server market. [img]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Supercomputer_Master_Race_by_Claidheam_Righ.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Linux is more supported? Im not sure what argument to pitch as I don't own a highend super server. But only a shitty 1U server that isnt even mounted because Im poor.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;31947892]Because you're one of those people who think Linux is a standardized/all the same OS such as Windows.[/QUOTE]No because it was different and I just didn't like it.
[QUOTE=MIPS;31947915]Windows killed the Workstation market. It didn't alienate the high-end server market. [img]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Supercomputer_Master_Race_by_Claidheam_Righ.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Wow just stop posting, and fuck your support for AT&T. They can go munch on a dick.
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