24 Years of Linux’s SuccessAn IT Tale

How It Began !Linus Torvalds the founder of Linux began this IT tale by posting “Hello everybody out there, .. I am doing a (free) operating system, (just a hobby, won’t be anything big and professional like the gnu) .. it probably will never support anything other than the AT - Hard disks, and that’s all i have… ”

Welcome to the Open Source World

Well, thereafter, that word of Linux Open Source project spread around the world really quickly and developers from all over the world contributed to the code. Linus named his OS Kernel- Linux and displays a penguin as it’s mascot after a little incident at the zoo.

The Penguin Bite !

Linux powered by GNU

Linus chose GPL License created by a visionary named Richard Stallman

So whats up with Linux in 2015 ?Linux is running in 75% of stock exchanges worldwide and also powering the servers that deliver Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Ebay and Google. You use Linux literally every time you surf the world wide web. It’s on your phone, in your Television, running 95% of supercomputers and in many of the devices you use everyday. Linux is simply everywhere, all you need to do is figure it out and accept the truth. 24 years of success, no wonder !!

And what is Linus the genius up to lately?The Helsinki based programmer who started it all - Linus Torvalds, orchestrates this world wide army of developers from his home office in Portland, Oregon as a fellow at the Linux Foundation.

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Bodhi Linux

Elementary OS

Zorin Distro

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Adios Amigos!