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11 Milestones In Linux History
InformationWeek
As Linux turns 20, we look back on key moments for the OS that started as a school project and became a major force in technology.
By Robert Strohmeyer InformationWeek
Twenty years ago, the tech landscape looked very different from that of today. ...
http://www.informationweek.com/news/dev ... /231500285

As Linux Turns 20, Hopes and Wishes for Its Next 20 Years
TechNewsWorld (blog)
By Katherine Noyes If I had a single wish for Linux," said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet, "it would be that a Gates or Jobs would come along and just take it away from the hackers and trolls and give us a true third way where the user was No. ...
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73146.html

At 20, Linux is invisible, ubiquitous
CNN International
By Mark Milian, CNN Linux-powered software is growing quickly in emerging
industries, as depicted in this CNN infographic from MBAOnline.com. San
Francisco (CNN) -- Ross Turk would be happy to explain the tattoo on his arm.
...
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming ... /linux.20/

As Steve Jobs Steps Down, Linux Turns 20: Which Changed the World More?
ReadWriteWeb
Today, the Linux kernel turns 20. That makes it as good a time as any to look
back and assess – which has shaped computing, and the world, more? Linus
Torvalds' "hobby OS," or Steve Jobs? This might seem like an unfair comparison,
one man versus an ...
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/ ... -linux.php

A Happy Birthday Linux Post (gizmodo.com.au)

What We Know For Sure on Linux's 20th Anniversary | Linux.com
By Jim Zemlin
The 20th Anniversary of Linux is today. Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim
Zemlin shares his thoughts on this important milestone...
http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blog ... nniversary

Linux 20 years on
MyBroadband
At the time he said that Linux was not much to get excited about, just a
hobby that might appeal to a few like-minded developers. As it turned
out Linux became a lot more than Torvalds could ever have imagined and
far from being a hobby for a handful, ...
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/ ... rs-on.html

Extremetech: Linux is 20 years old today
NewsFactor Network
20 years ago today, Linus Torvalds introduced Linux to the world. Torvalds was three years into a computer science degree at the University of Helsinki, Finland, when he bought an Intel 80386-based PC. He famously spent a month playing Prince of Persia ...
http://www.newsfactor.com/blog_article.php?aid=3620138

Linux at 20: the quiet giant
Telegraph.co.uk
Linux, the operating system that grew out of Linus Torvalds' “hobby”, now runs the majority of the world's web servers, including those (CDN networks) that deliver The Telegraph website. For many of the last 20 years, Linux devotees, including some of ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8 ... giant.html


Linux at 20: New challenges, new opportunities
InfoWorld
Today, Linux -- as Torvalds's OS came to be called -- is available for just about every modern processor architecture and many archaic ones. It can power every kind of computing device, from PCs, netbooks, and smartphones to mainframes, ...
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source- ... ies-170959


Week in tech: Linux turns 20, Windows 8's tablet prospects
Ars Technica
March of the Penguin: Ars looks back at 20 years of Linux: The Linux kernel was first revealed to the world on August 25, 1991. Twenty years later, the hobbyist project became one of the most widely used operating systems, running on everything from ...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... spects.ars

As Linux Turns 20, Hopes and Wishes for Its Next 20 Years
TechNewsWorld (blog)
By Katherine Noyes If I had a single wish for Linux," said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet, "it would be that a Gates or Jobs would come along and just take it away from the hackers and trolls and give us a true third way where the user was No. ...
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73146.html