Linux turns 25 years old! Happy birthday Linux!

My guess is that if it wasn't Linux, we'd see BSD in the spot Linux is now.

Even though I somehow miss the times Internet was just starting and when the Linux was really something most people did not even hear of, I am so glad and happy for how big it became. Now with M$ producing their ntfs, mssql, .net and so much more for our platform, its just so clear there is no other direction but to grow further and getting stronger. Even Nadella sees it. Openess, mutual work and sharing for the win! Maybe some day we can also get rid of sick patenting system. Happy birthday Linux! < 3 Thank You Linus, You have done and caused one of the greatest thing for humanity!


Last edited by liju on 25 Aug 2016 at 2:57 pm UTC

I'm gonna play a round of one of the AAA titles this evening, to mark this occasion. That's something I didn't think I'd see the day to do just a very few years ago.

The Linux kernel is in 81% of smartphones, 60% of tablets, in most every router, cable box and streaming boxes, and PCs run by the smartest computer users :D.

Thank you, Linus, for creating this superior OS (along with the GNU Project (let's not forget RMS) and licensing it for free, making it as ubiquitous as it has become.


Last edited by oldrocker99 on 25 Aug 2016 at 3:08 pm UTC

I just hade some cola while I was reading this. So I guess thats how I celebrate Linux's birthday.
Gratz!

happy birthday Tux!

The future is very bright!!

Happy B-Day TUX !! ^_^ <3

Happy Birthday!

And here an old but nice Linux commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSeImqbV30s
just thought about after reading comments here :)

Happy Birthday Tux! Thanks Linus! Live long and prosper!!!

I think I'll celebrate by blogging about my experience using Windows 8 recently (for a new job) after having used Linux almost exclusively for the past two years and coming from Windows 7 before that. I'd heard enough about Windows 8 to decide to switch to Linux, but actually using it firsthand…nothing like that feeling you get opening up Chrome to do a simple web search and getting the "Chrome has stopped responding message." Or having "PC Settings" be a separate thing from the Control Panel. Or having the UI be a bunch of flat boxes in bright primary colors—and I like bright colors!

I'm very much a look-on-the-bright-side, accentuate-the-positive type of guy who prefers to win people over by pointing out how good Linux is rather than bashing Windows, but my recent experiences may just lead me to indulge a bit of the annoyance I've been feeling lately.

Linux powers so much of our daily lives it's easy to forget: some of our phones, tablets, web servers, routers, TiVo boxes, some televisions and the list just goes on and on.

Linux is, in fact, the most used operating system in the world, including Hollywood where it's running some of the biggest render farms in the film industry (every top animation and special effects house uses Linux almost exclusively). No other OS even comes close to Linux in usage. Not many people realize this. It's just on the home desktop where Linux has struggled to make in-roads. A lot of this is because Microsoft and Apple spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on advertising while Linux gets none. Kinda hard to compete when nobody knows you exist.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 25 Aug 2016 at 9:17 pm UTC

Now with M$ producing their ntfs, mssql, .net and so much more for our platform, its just so clear there is no other direction but to grow further and getting stronger.

Be wary of Microsoft's interest in Linux. Remember their "embrace and extend" strategy, which is really "search and destroy". They'd love nothing more than to shut the whole thing down.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 25 Aug 2016 at 9:03 pm UTC

Happy Birthday!

And here an old but nice Linux commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSeImqbV30s
just thought about after reading comments here :)

I'm partial to this one:

View video on youtube.com

My guess is that if it wasn't Linux, we'd see BSD in the spot Linux is now.

For we we'd see GNU/Hurd?

25 years already. Time flies!

Also, that's one cool tux logo there ^_^

Now with M$ producing their ntfs, mssql, .net and so much more for our platform, its just so clear there is no other direction but to grow further and getting stronger.

Be wary of Microsoft's interest in Linux. Remember their "embrace and extend" strategy, which is really "search and destroy". They'd love nothing more than to shut the whole thing down.

You are right about their strategy, but I just think its not really workable for Linux and opensource anymore. Its got too big with support from much bigger powers than M$ alone. I think they are aware of this as well. For sure in server business. For desktop and gaming though... I am too puzzled myself to predict anything.

Be wary of Microsoft's interest in Linux. Remember their "embrace and extend" strategy, which is really "search and destroy". They'd love nothing more than to shut the whole thing down.

How would this even work? How could MS embrace, extend and extinguish Linux? Fork the kernel (and/or the GNU userland), "extend" it in incompatible ways, and convince the world to switch to their fork and all of the current copyright holders to drop GPL? Funny stuff. :)

25 years already. Time flies!

Also, that's one cool tux logo there ^_^

Yeah I found it on this weird website :p