The 20 most significant events in Linux's 20-year history | Linux Today

The 20 most significant events in Linux’s 20-year history

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2011

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link.
]

You can argue about which specific date is Linux’s
official birthday. Heck, even Linus Torvalds thinks there are four
different dates in 1991 that might deserve the honor of being the
operating system’s birthday. Be that as it may, Linux is twenty
years so let’s take a walk though time with Linux at some of its
high, and low, points.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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