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Happy 13th Birthday Linux! 322
carlmenezes writes "On August 25, 2001 we celebrated the 10th birthday of Linux. Today, it's year 13. Lucky for Linux, maybe?" Congrats to everyone who managed to get their name in the credits! You must be very proud parents.
puberty (Score:4, Funny)
Favorite Unix/Linux Links (Score:4, Informative)
Computer Hope's Unix [computerhope.com]
Tech-recipes's Unix [tech-recipes.com]
Tek-tips forums [tek-tips.com]
Sun's BigAdmin [sun.com]
Help me add to my favorites...
Davak
Re:Favorite Unix/Linux Links (Score:4, Informative)
http://216.218.185.154/index.html
Re:puberty (Score:5, Funny)
Re:puberty (Score:2)
Re:puberty (Score:5, Funny)
rm: Aww, Mom! I'll do it later.
young-man$ set TABLE "now"
set: But I did it last week! Ask the Sparc5, I'm busy playing Counterstrike.
young-man$ exec homework
exec: Command failed.
young-man$ write paper
write: paper is not logged on.
young-man$ kill -9 1
NOOOOooooooooooo...
With apologies to Bill Cosby (Score:5, Funny)
Re:puberty (Score:2, Funny)
Re:puberty (Score:4, Funny)
You're lucky, when your little penguin is ready for junior/senior prom, at least you won't need to rent a tuxedo.
rm -rf
Re:puberty (Score:4, Funny)
Re:puberty (Score:5, Funny)
Penguin years... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:puberty (Score:2, Funny)
Guess we'll soon now whether Linux really is gay...
Re:puberty (Score:3, Funny)
My Experience with the Linux (Score:2, Funny)
I can shed a little light on the climate of the open source community
at the moment. I believe that part of the reason that open source
based startups are failing left and right is not an issue of marketing
as it's commonly believed but more of an issue of the underlying
technology.
I know that that's a strong statement to make, but I have evidence to
back it up! At one of the major corps(5000+ employees) that I consult
for, we wanted to integra
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:4, Interesting)
Visual Basic is especially awful. Like other Basics it's a poorly-designed language that will teach you bad programming habits. No, don't ask me to describe them in detail; that explanation would fill a book. Learn a well-designed language instead.
So the Linux server crashed, huh? That's a pretty lame excuse. I'm a part-time administator for a server running httpd, file-sharing, DNS and squid. And the uptime is 55 days and still running. Come on buddy, see what we got here
Not to mention the fact that the Linux kernel itself lacks any support for any type of journaled filesystem, memory protection, SMP support, etc,
Well well well, what age are you in? What are ext3 and reiferfs? No SMP support? My server is a IBM Xeon Dual processor with hyper-threading. however, from the looks of it, the Microsoft "shared source" program seems to offer all of the same freedoms as the GPL.
You got to be kidding me.
Note to self: Alter the companies for which this anonymous coward does consulting.
Don't feed the trolls.... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:5, Informative)
No, you have a story, that's not evidence. Besides, most of what you say here is wrong either because you are uninformed or deliberately spreading misinformation.
We all know that linux isn't even close to being ready for the desktopMany of my friends now use Linux as their desktop operating system. I also use Linux as my desktop OS when I'm not playing games. Walmart has started selling Linux equipped PCs which are selling fairly well. The fact is that for the average PC user, Linux will work just fine. There will be a learning curve, but that would be true of any new technology.
After running for less than 24 hours, 2 of them had experienced kernel panics caused by Bind and Apache crashing! Granted, Apache is a volunteer based project written by weekend hackers in their spare time while Microsft's IIS has an actual professional full fledged development team devoted to it.Given that so many others have been running Bind and Apache for many years without substantial problems, I'd have to say that you probably misconfigured your system.
The "weekend volunteers" that you refer to are some of the finest programmers in the world or the code that they have written is comparable with that written by the best. If they weren't, the code they wrote would not get past the peer reviews and into these popular open source projects. The people who write code for Open Source projects are often the same people who write for the large software development companies. The difference is that they write Open Source code out of love for the work and the project, and the respect of their peers.
While MS might have a "full development team" working on some projects, I doubt they have a full team working on any mature product that isn't undergoing constant new development. What resources they have are devoted to adding marketable features that will bring in additional sales, not necessarily reworking the code in pursuit of engineering excellence.
Not to mention the fact that the Linux kernel itself lacks any support for any type of journaled filesystem, memory protection, SMP support, etc, but I thought that since Linux is based on such "old" technology that it would run with some level of stability.Again you have demonstrated that you are badly misinformed about Linux. The 2.6 Kernel does in fact have SMP support. There are at least 3 journeling file systems that I can think of off the top of my head, ext3, jfs, and rieserfs.
As for being based on "old technology", Linux has caught up and passed MS. Linux now often incorporates new standards and technologies before the large software companies can even get them on the planning schedule. Linux developers have already put in place buffer overflow protection stipulated by new security standards that Microsoft has endorsed but has been unable to implement to-date. Microsoft hasn't even been able to finish and release it's new security patch, SP2 on-time, leaving millions of PC users vulnerable to viruses, trojans, and other malware. It is truely hard to appreciate just what it means to have thousands of people working on a single project and contributing their enthusiasm and expertise.
There are many places where you can get help on configuring Linux machines. It appears, based on your posting, that you went about it by yourself without much knowledge of Linux. Had you looked for help, I believe you would have had far different results. I suggest you check out The Linux Documentation Project [tldp.org], my own site [raybenjamin.com] which is aimed at new Linux users moving over from Windows, and A How To Get Linux HOWTO [raybenjamin.com] that I have been working on. Perhaps you'll find that your experience changes when you work with the community rather than on your own.
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:2)
Linux is just fine for a desktop as long as the user doesn't have to set it up or administer it.
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:3, Insightful)
Today linux offer all of the sutff you mentioned earlier.
At one of the major corps(5000+ employees) that I consult....were(and still are!) doing an AMAZING job at their respective tasks of serving HTTP requests, DNS, and fileserving.
Just look at the sites like google.com, slahsdot.org; I am sure they supports more than 5000+ user less than second without any panic.In one of my past experience (RH 7.2 box) ProFTPD server daily servers more
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:4, Insightful)
Which version is that? Did you remember to send in your 15$
I consider myself to be very technically inclined having programmed in VB for the last 8 years doing kernel level programming.
Then you should know that 'technically' VB is not kernel level programming. I think the reason that you failed so amazingly in your project is you put no forethought into it. Yes, the Win 2K servers can handle a decent load (albeit insecurely) and they are so simple to run that even an MCSE can set them up (I have an old MCSE cert so that is not a flame, I know the ed level needed for that and abandoned it long ago). However, the Linux servers are enterprise unix boxes and Apache can run circles around IIS. I hope that fortune 5000 company realizes that you were the problem.
but I'm afraid that for anything more than a hobby OS, Windows 98/NT/2K are your only choices.
Were that the case I would choose to use paper based data processing.
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:5, Interesting)
Uh huh. That's why a majority of the world's web servers run Apache. here [netcraft.com] These developers are hardly "weekend hackers", but devoted people. Read this [apache.org]
As things stand now, I can understand using Linux in academia to compile simple "Hello World" style programs and learn C programming, but I'm afraid that for anything more than a hobby OS, Windows 98/NT/2K are your only choices.
So that's why Google and Amazon, for example, run Linux? [netcraft.com]
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:2)
Please don't feed the trolls.
Re:My Experience with the Linux (Score:2, Insightful)
Apache is a volunteer based project written by weekend hackers in
their spare time while Microsft's IIS has an actual professional full
fledged development team devoted to it.
I guess we'd better call Google and let them know. Linux can't hack it. While we're at it lets call Amazon.com and let them know. For a product that is not professional it continues to be far and away the most popular Web server on the net. [netcraft.com] I'm sorry to burst your bubble but Microsoft has lost the web server war. It will conti
Eh, they still bite (Score:2)
*shrug* 10 bites on /. isn't too bad for an old piece of bait. Sure, it's nowhere near as good as "Ways to tell your son is a computer hacker" or whatever it was called, but as trolls go this is one of the best ones which is why you keep seeing it.
Closed party (Score:5, Funny)
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
That's just rude...
Re:Closed party (Score:2)
it's teenage years (Score:4, Funny)
linus: what are you rebeling against?
tux: whadda ya got?
Little boy is growing up. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Little boy is growing up. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Little boy is growing up. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Little boy is growing up. (Score:2)
CLIPPY!
Re:Little boy is growing up. (Score:2)
Linux a Teen? (Score:5, Funny)
I for one can't wait until Linux reaches maturity on its 18th.
PS I bet Linux will get more girls fiddling with it than I did as a teen.. UHH even than I do currently
Re:Linux a Teen? (Score:2)
Re:Linux a Teen? (Score:3, Funny)
Linux will grow out of it. We just need to speak out against Clippy Suicide [maythestarshine.com].
Re:Linux a Teen? (Score:2)
Re:Linux a Teen? (Score:3, Funny)
please, show me one 18 year old that has maturity...
drinking like everything's a wild party.. no sense of reality..
call me when it's made it through 4 years of college, 3 of which it had to pay for because mom and adad got pissed and pulled all their funding in the first year because linux was doing nothing but partying all the time at college and getting bad grades.
more is learned by the kids that get slapped with the reality of having to
This is TH and I pronounce Linux as... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is TH and I pronounce Linux as... (Score:2)
Re:This is TH and I pronounce Linux as... (Score:2)
I'm fixing a hole where the worms get in...
Bah. I'm going to end up spendig the rest of today filking, aren't I?
Colonel? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Colonel? (Score:2)
Re:This is TH and I pronounce Linux as... (Score:3, Funny)
And that is why... (Score:5, Funny)
By the way honey, if you're reading this... Happy Anniversary.
Re:And that is why... (Score:3, Funny)
KFG
Re:And that is why... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And that is why... (Score:2)
Re:And that is why... (Score:2)
M$ has a fear ... (Score:2)
Congratulations to all the Kernel Folks !! and to the Creator - Linus
Fingers crossed... (Score:2, Funny)
I hope it doesn't become a petulant and rebellious teenager - sleeping late, making people wait, grumbling about garbage collection, exploring promiscuous mode, ignoring quotas, etc.
A happy birthday cake... (Score:3, Funny)
(A blackberry cake I made, a really simple recipe).
Happy Birthday Linux !
Only 13?!?! (Score:5, Funny)
First words (Score:3, Interesting)
Does anyone have a link or the text to the complete accouncement email?
Re:First words (Score:2, Informative)
Re:First words (Score:3, Informative)
original post (Score:2, Informative)
From: torvalds@klaava.helsinki.fi (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
To: Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Hello everybody out there using minix-I'm doing a (free)
operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional
like gnu) for 386 (486) AT clones. This has been brewing since
april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in mini
Re:First words (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:First words (Score:5, Funny)
I like the bit at the bottom:
I think the hardware support has moved on a bit from then....[My linux is currently running on a dual-processor pentium with SCSI raid array].
Re:First words (Score:2)
-Bill Gates III
Ah...how we all laughed.
-Nano.
Re:First words (Score:2)
Due to a project I'm working on (in minix), I'm interested in the posix standard definition. Could somebody please point me to a (preferably) machine-readable format of the latest posix rules? Ftp-sites would be nice.
-- Linus Benedict Torvalds, July 3, 1991
What could this project have been, for which Linus wanted to know detailed information about the POSIX standard?
First words - here they are (Score:2, Redundant)
From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get
Pregnant (Score:5, Interesting)
As someone mentioned earlier, Linux 0.01 was released on Sept. 17, 1991
Credits? So what (Score:2)
happy birthday! (Score:5, Funny)
Google Doodle (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Google Doodle (Score:2, Informative)
Come on... (Score:4, Funny)
Still took ten years (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Still took ten years (Score:2)
For desktops Linux is very distant from maturity. Open Office 1.0 and Mozilla 1.0 were released recently, and without them the Linux desktop was a free OS with proprietary apps, an unstable mixture.
crap... (Score:2, Funny)
5477 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes
huh?
root$ uname
Solaris 4.03c
Where do I get this Linux thing?
Re:crap... (Score:2, Funny)
102342342323423 days, 26 hours, 87 minutes
huh?
root$ uname
teh Windows xp sp3 l33t alpha-beta 666
Wow! I can make up numbers too!
Re:crap... (Score:2)
Thank you captain obvious.
Ok, ok... so my attempt at humor was pretty weak with that first post - I'll concede that.
Always a cynic in the crowd.
Re:crap... (Score:2)
I dont get it?
The Big bang was only 15,000,000,000 years ago. I suggest that you recalculate, watching your decimal points.
Nah ah! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Nah ah! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nah ah! (Score:2)
Re:Nah ah! (Score:2)
Re:Nah ah! (Score:2)
Re:Uh huh! (Score:3, Funny)
Not much of a visionary, is he?
Does this mean.... (Score:2)
Linux rebellious? Oh wait...
song (Score:3, Funny)
Happy Birthday to you,
You live in the zoo,
You look like a penguin,
and you smell like one too!
Happy 13th Linux!
T.
Re:song (Score:2)
Happy Birthday to you,
you live in a zoo,
you look like a monkey,
and you smell like one too.
with the obvious change. This is a standard variation on the normal Happy Birthday tune that kids sing to insult someone.
Doesn't take long to come up with changing 'monkey' to 'penguin'.
Just to be pedantic...
T.
Linux is obsolete (Score:2)
That's really cool (Score:3, Interesting)
What?!? (Score:2)
That sucks, we were planning on opening our Linux Support business here in Bloomington, IN on Sept 17th. Oh well, we'll still open then, it will just be our opening day.
Haiku 3rd Birthday too... (Score:3, Informative)
The Haiku project recently turned 3 years old. Several websites [osnews.com] have covered [haikunews.org] the nice letter [haiku-os.org] Michael Phipps wrote to the community.
Happy birthday Linux, naturally... Without all of the hard work in regular Open Source projects, I doubt there would have been half as much motivation for our small projects, in another timeline. (You know, the evil timeline where Billy G is president of the US of A. :)
Cheers!
Congrats... (Score:3, Funny)
Now, stay the hell out of my pr0n.
Re: (Score:2)
wow, neet (Score:2)
Someone rent a band... (Score:2, Informative)
Almost like a twin... (Score:2)
Re:Happy Birthday (Score:2)
Re:Happy B-Day! (Score:3, Interesting)
But why only have one birthday a year. Later this year we have 7,000,000 minutes old and next year there is 5,000 days old to celebrate.
More useless date facts available here. [timeanddate.com]
Re:Happy B-Day! (Score:2)
Re:Linux is 13.. (Score:4, Funny)
I mean, jumping from version 3.1 to a whopping 95 in just over 3 years ... it boggles the mind.
Here's to the fine people at Microsoft!
Thank you, thank you. No, thank you. You can stop applauding now. Really.
Re:Linux is 13.. (Score:2, Funny)
Stupid version names (Score:2)
That irritated me: the upgrade to Windows 98 was called Windows ME, while the update to Windows NT was called Windows 2000.
Then again, I just went from Gentoo 1.4 to Gentoo 2004.1, and I seem to recall RedHat skipped from 3 to 6 or something like that.
Re:Post your confessions here: (Score:3, Funny)
Gotta diet (removes KDE, Gnome GUIs...)
Re:year what? (Score:2)