Today marks 18 years since Linus Torvalds asked for peoples opinion on the Unix-like OS that he was developing for the 386 processor. The Kernel which when finally released in 1994 became Linux.

So now that means that Tux can go out and celebrate with a drink. Who knows he may be able to vote too!

Published Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by Wired.com

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http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/0825-torvalds-starts-linu