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I should almost be sad I think....

post #1 of 8
9/26/06 at 3:26pm
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So I was browsing through a timeline post on linux.org on the history on Linux and GNU(Primarily Linux)...

I have just realised I have been using linux for over half of its lifespan now, for some reason that is kinda freaky to me. What is even more freaky to me is that before to long I will have been using it for the majority of its lifespan.

Not even sure why it is freaky, just seems like it is. Its worth looking through, and hilarious to read through Linus's first email about Linux all those years ago these days....

Seablade
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post #2 of 8
9/26/06 at 5:41pm
I read some of this a few days ago- linus asking for feature requests that would make his os better than Minix was funny to read. I lost the link, can you post it seablade?
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post #3 of 8
9/26/06 at 7:45pm
i've been dabbling in linux since about 2002, so rather a newcommer here... even in my short time with linux seeing some changes implemented, especially the switch to kernel 2.6 from 2.4 really makes you ponder how the hell linux is developing so damn fast in the lifespan of WindowsXP.... by the time Vista's lifespan is about over....where will linux be? Ubuntu 10.4 Korny Krab anyone?
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post #4 of 8
9/26/06 at 8:36pm
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...Ubuntu 10.4 Korny Krab anyone?
ROFL
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post #5 of 8
9/26/06 at 9:07pm
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http://www.linux.org/people/linux15.html Heh just my favorite couple of lines from it....
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I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu).....
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PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.
Hehheh, no matter how many times it is brought up, I still find those two lines extraordinarily ironic.... Seablade
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post #6 of 8
9/26/06 at 10:53pm
Indeed, linux is truly a wonder.

Its brought me so much joy in the past month or so i've been using it and I've only been using it for a MONTH!! and i'm already in love with it

I've even started on my supercomputer/mainframe computer project (Nothing super special, just a small cluster, 6-10, in parallel)

I really hope people keep contributing to the community and keep the project going
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post #7 of 8
9/27/06 at 7:58am
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I've even started on my supercomputer/mainframe computer project (Nothing super special, just a small cluster, 6-10, in parallel)
Yea for beowulf clusters.... Seablade
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post #8 of 8
9/29/06 at 11:14am
I have been a Unix (BSD 4.4) admin since 1985 and using Linux since about 1990 when it came on a bazzillion floppys...

Alex
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