The better Linus.
On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux
Submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.xda-developers.com/on-this-day-in-1991-linus-torvalds-announced-linux/
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solidsnake2085@lemmy.world 1 year ago
odigo2020@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Linus Blanket Tips
darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
… arguably. Torvalds is somewhat famous for being kind of a dick to people, particularly if he thinks their code is bad. He’s getting better.
DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
So it isn’t really linux’s birthday…more like the anniversary of the pregnancy announcement
boredtortoise@lemm.ee 1 year ago
“hey we’ve been raw dogging for a while”
deafboy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The choice of pictures accompanying this article is somewhat disturbing. First is a windows desktop with a penguin on top, the second is a gnome app launcher exclusively showing android apps.
cassetti@kbin.social 1 year ago
Just last month I came across a cd I burned with Mandrake Linux that I had downloaded - 26 years ago!
I should try and install that on a virtual PC and see how it feels/looks hahaha
quantumantics@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I recently did that with a Debian 3 (r8 I think) disc, that whole experience was a blast from the past!
Prethoryn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wasn’t Linus an actual asshole back in the day. The same as Steve Jobs and even Bill Gates. Seems to be a running trend with OS makers from the early 90’s.
itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/
Not that it is relevant. It’s cool we have Linux. Glad we can celebrate a system that just isn’t quite there yet.
fernandofig@reddthat.com 1 year ago
The same as Steve Jobs and even Bill Gates.
In my opinion, not the same as these guys. Jobs and Gates were assholes because they got fuck you money and power, so they were assholes for being assholes’ sake. Linus was an asshole, but he usually had good reasons for acting like that, usually technical, common sense and no-nonsense driven. I kind of miss the time before he got therapy or whatever. It was amusing and cathartic to see him roasting some guys because he was right more often than not.
Glad we can celebrate a system that just isn’t quite there yet.
What are you talking about? I mean, if you mean Linux on the Desktop, sure, but nobody who uses Linux on the IT sector cares too much about that. Linux has won on the server arena for a long time already.
Shrek@lemmy.world 1 year ago
With Steam Deck it’s gained ground there too. Sure. It’s still not even close to Windows. But, progress is exciting anyways.
Prethoryn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Someone apparently doesn’t know how Bill Gates actually got his start or how Apple started. “Money and power.”
Bill Gates snuck into a library to learn about computers.
Apple started with a group of people in a damn garage.
“He was an asshole but he had good reason.” Apparently not good enough that Linus thought it was good enough to continue being an asshole. Pat on the back to him.
“It’s won on Server Arena.” Great? Ask enterprise companies and hospitals how secure and reasonable Linux seems for their business models.
“Mobile.” Yeah this one is a joke. Linux is far from ready for the mobile world at least for phones.
“Embedded” now this one is actually a fair point.
Nefyedardu@kbin.social 1 year ago
Linus' brand of assholery extends to cussing out some of his colleagues via email when they did something stupid, sometimes. It's not even remotely comparable to Steve Jobs (horrible treatment of his daughter and Bill Gates (EEE strategy, monopolistic practices).
uis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ahh, classical Torvalds’ buttburning. So sad I don’t see it anymore
silvercove@lemdro.id 1 year ago
And there was much rejoicing!
Ew0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
A year passed: winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn… until one day…
sirico@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Probably won’t amount to anything
sugarfree@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A great day in history.
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 1 year ago
Happy Linux Day Everyone! 😁
random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Feels like I should buy something small for my “command center”.
irdc@derp.foo 1 year ago
And he immediately got flamed for it (/s)
hillbicks@feddit.de 1 year ago
Thanks for the link, that was an interesting read!
Graphine@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And now hardly anyone uses microkernels, hilariously.
limelight79@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The husband of a woman I worked with was going abroad to study with Tannenbaum. I said, “That’s the guy who hated Linux!” She had no idea what I was talking about, but it was good for a chuckle for me.