The history of Linux is an interesting thing in its own right, and even more interesting when taken in context of the history of computing in general. The Linux Foundation has a number of events lined up to celebrate Linux’s 20th birthday, including a new 20th Anniversary Website and a video contest to be judged by Linux creator Linus Torvalds!
The Key to Linux's Sucess is that it came at the right time, right Place, and the right kind of environment.If for instance ,Richard Srallman hadn't set the base for creating a free operating system way back in1983,by creating the Free Software Foundation and all the components Required for an OS other than the Kernel. Linux would never have been created. Linux Torvalds completed the Last Piece of the Puzzle by creating the Kernel, and Later switched it to the GNU General Public License. Together GNU software ans the Linux Kernel formed a complete operating system that was free for everybody to use, modify, and distibute.
In fact, today Linux is the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing, which means that the 20th Anniversary of Linux is an opportunity for the community to come together in celebration of this great success story and in collaboration on how it will define the next 20 years of Linux.
We’re kicking things off with an exclusive video produced by The Linux Foundation that is one way to tell the Story of Linux:
We hope this video will inspire submissions for the annual Linux Foundation Video Contest, for which Linux creator Linus Torvalds will choose the best.
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