Happy 24th birthday, Linux kernel | Linux Today

Happy 24th birthday, Linux kernel

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Jason Baker
Aug 25, 2015

Can you believe Linux is celebrating 24 years already? It was on this day, August 25, back in 1991 when a young Linus Torvalds made his now-legendary announcement on the comp.os.minix newsgroup…

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