The GNU/Linux Operating System Started 41 Years Ago

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 30, 2024

A year ago GNU celebrated its 40^th anniversary. A month ago Richard Stallman gave a public talk in Berlin (full transcript here).

Here's the original announcement of the GNU Project, which will turn 42 in less than a year. The media has its darling "Linux", but a lot of the time when it says "Linux" it actually means something else. █

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