25th
August
2008
Linux Birthday
There are actually three “birthdays” that can identify Linux’s 1st appearance.
The first was July 3rd, 1991, when Linus Benedict Torvalds posted his first query to a newsgroup for some information he needed to help him with a project but he does not actually mention what the project is.
The next was August 25th, 1991, when Linus Benedict Torvalds first let the cat out of the bag about his project.
Finally came Linus Benedict Torvalds’ call to arms on October 5th, 1991 and he refers to his earlier message, which clearly mentions “I’m doing a (free) operating system”.
Therefore, by convention, the Linux kernel was “born” on August 25th, 1991.
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