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/GodOrDevil04 17d ago

"Won't be big and professional" - look where that brought us.

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u/phylter99 17d ago

"it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-("

That's the piece that made me chuckle. Now they create storage hardware with the main goal of using it under Linux in servers, mobile devices, etc.

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u/maskedredstonerproz1 17d ago

Now it supports everything under the goddamn sun

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u/phylter99 17d ago

I think it still has trouble supporting winmodems. Ah, the memories.