Happy birthday 🎊🎉 GNU/Linux.

Today GNU/Linux is 32 years old.

It was thankfully released to the public on August 25th, 1991 by Linus Torvalds when he was only 21 years old student.

What a lovely journey 🤍

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    10 months ago

    I can’t imagine he’s struggling for money, he’s a smart guy and wrote an OS used in some capacity by so many corporations

    He’s probably written books that sell quite well

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      10 months ago

      They meant gain wealth like apple founders or any other big tech. Believe he derives a salary from Linux foundation for his work. I don’t imagine that being anything comparable to owning large percentage of a tech company.

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        10 months ago

        True but he’s also going to make more than enough to live comfortably I’m sure

        Don’t need to be a billionaire to have a good comfortable life

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        10 months ago

        Google search found “Just for fun the story of an accidental revolutionary” by Linus torvalds as the first result

        My point was more that there are absolutely ways he can make money off Linux’s success