Link above with Slideshow about Linux today.
On Aug. 25, 1991, Linux Torvalds announced a new
project on the comp.os.minix newsgroup. He described a "free operating
system" that resembled Minix, an operating system based on Unix, and
asked for feedback on what people thought worked and didn't work.
Torvalds was not aiming high with this project, noting that his new
project would be "just a hobby" and not "be big and professional like
gnu." Now 20 years later, the OS has exceeded its creator's expectations
as it is now available for practically every processor architecture and
can power mobile devices, computers, mainframes and supercomputers. The
free operating system that Torvalds just gave away to anyone may never
supplant Windows or Mac OS X on the desktop, but it is appearing in
practically every other computing device, including set-top boxes, cloud
servers, social networks, tablets and mobile phones. A vast majority of
users may never download the operating system, but the odds are likely
they are using a product based on it. Now eWEEK takes a look at some of
the biggest achievements of the little operating system over the past 20
years. 
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