At 24, Linux Has Come Out of the Basement | Linux Today

At 24, Linux Has Come Out of the Basement

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Jack Germain
Aug 28, 2015

Happy Birthday, Linux Project — this week you turned 24.

The Linux OS has grown up everywhere. Its code and the open source model are found worldwide. People often use linux without knowing it — when they search on Google, buy metro tickets or surf the Web. Linux powers all of that infrastructure.

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Jack Germain

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