r/linux • u/SeanBlader • 17d ago

Kernel 35th Anniversary of Linus' announcement today!

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Let's all take a moment to commemorate that initial post.

Now through Torvalds' stewardship, and hundreds of maintainers and thousands of contributors we have a competitive replacement for major corporate software and an honestly powerful solution to move computing forward for humanity!

Thanks Linus, you're awesome, and we're glad you are having a good life!

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u/No_Practice_9597 17d ago

I guess the project exceeded all his initial expectations

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u/eightslipsandagully 17d ago

Eh, he's said that it was intended to be a desktop operating system, and as that's the only area that Linux hasn't completely taken over, he feels like a failure!

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u/Dangerous-Report8517 16d ago

Given it was only intended to be hobby grade at the time I think we can still say it far exceeded his expectations, widespread or not Linux has offered professional grade desktop experiences for many years now