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History of Linux Operating System

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25 AUG 1991

  • Linus Torvalds(Student of university of Helsinki, Finland) announced that he is working on a free operating system kernel project.
  • On September 17th , version 0.01 was released.
  • The first usable version of Linux, version 0.02, came out in October 1991, consisting of approximately 10,239 lines of code.

1992

  • The Linux kernel was relicensed under the GNU GPL.
  • This decision made Linux open source, allowing anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute the kernel.
  • Different Linux distributions were created.

1993

  • Over 100 developers began working on the Linux kernel.
  • Slackware, was released for the first time.
  • Later in 1993, the Debian project was established. Today, it remains one of the largest community distributions.

1994

  • In March 1994, Linux 1.0 was released with 176,250 lines of code.
  • The XFree86 project contributed a graphical user interface (GUI)

1995

  • Linux was ported to DEC Alpha and Sun SPARC architectures

1996

  • Version 2.0 of the Linux kernel was released, featuring support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)

1998

  • Major companies like IBM, Compaq, and Oracle announced their support for Linux. The ARM port was merged into the mainline kernel.

1999

  • Development of the GNOME graphical environment began.

2004

  • The X.Org Foundation was formed, leading to faster development of the X server for Linux.