The Story of Linux: Commemorating 20 Years of the Linux Operating System

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Linux with us. Watch the Story of Linux to remember - or learn for the first time - how Linux disrupted a market and has begun to change the world. Do you see yourself in its story?

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[Steve Macintyre]

I figured with the release of Windows 8, it would be a good time to jump to linux as I have issues with Windows privacy issues and the growing government programs to spy on you. After installing linux, I'm on it over 95 percent of my working hours. I'm very happy with the current alternatives offered but will still have Windows installed for Adobe products and games.

[TheLinuxFoundation]

Awesome - glad you're having a good experience so far, Steve! We'd love to hear more about your decision to switch and how it's going so far. Are you interested in being interviewed? If so, please send me an email to editors (at) linux (dot) com. Thanks! -Libby Clark, Digital Content Editor, The Linux Foundation.

[Ádám Konyári]

My order: Ubuntu>OSX>Windows But no effense, Linux is way batter than any other OS on PC.

[incredicassio]

Funny how the ad I got for this video was for Windows 8.

[voXure]

run it on virtualbox with ubuntu 12.04 or mint

[Marko Đorđević]

Done with WIndows. Ubuntu is my choice. Linux is amazing and it's good to be part of it... Keep up the good work...

[TitanicMasta]

Woah there Linus Torvalds, the "GNU" was implied.

[Emil Sayahi]

OSX 1st place Linux 2nd Windows 3rd

[barmazuz]

Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

[barmazuz]

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

[barmazuz]

I'd Just Like To Interject For A Moment, What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

[Nalesso Moreira]

greate video, When I was 12-years-old I got my first version of linux (Kururmin KDE Kernel version: 2.6.7, creator: Carlos Marimoto). However what amazed me was the fact that I had installed it with no help. I had done it myself, ever since I love Linux(GNU/Linux) it also inspires me to teach and share stuff with others. thanks Linus T. Richard S. and everybody else around the earth :)