On 1991, Linus Torvalds, a student at the University of Helsinki, got the idea of developing his own operating system. After he sent a message to a newsgroup explaining his idea and asking for some feedback, many developers joined him in the development of the code. So, what started as a hobby became one of the biggest colaboration projects in in the history of computing. The final product of this work was the Linux Kernel.
Two decades later, Linux Foundation is celebrating the 20th anniversary of this project. The foundation will hold events in diferent locations around the world:
- LinuxConnJapan
- LinuxConn will be held in Vancouber, Canada. Agust 17 - 19, 2011
- LinuxConn Europe will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. October 26 - 28, 2011
- LinuxConn Brazil, to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazin. November 17 -18, 2011
Also, the anual T-Shirt design and video contests were opened. This year the topic was the "20th Anniversary of Linux". You can see the winner of the T-shirt design contest here, and the winner of the video contest will be unveiled at the LinuxConn in Vancouver.
Additionally, the Foundation is promoting other activities like the facebook quiz "Could you do Linus' job?". If you complete the quiz you can get a discount of 25% to attend LinuxCon and the 20th Anniversary LinuxCon Gala.
You can also record a message sharing your experience with linux and your opinion about the future on the Video Booth. The Booth will be onsite at the events throughout the year.
Finally, I found this video a long time ago. It is titled "The Origin of Linux", and it's about the history of linux told by Linus Torvalds. So, If you haven't watched it yet here is the link.
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