The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was
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Linus Torvalds and thousands of disparate hackers created Linux, perhaps the only alternative to Windows NT. It may be the greatest software story never completed. Nor yet were you seen neither seen nor heard when this earth was made when the sky was built… – Kalevala 3:245-248 The Kalevala is an epic poem of some […]

How does this coverage hold up? It was a fun read from back in my highschool days, when I was still five years from trying Linux on my own AMD Thunderbird 1Ghz. It wasn’t until 2008 that I tried again and it stuck.

    • @kureta@lemmy.ml
      2•8 months ago

      Wh were you downvoted? You are correct.

      Git was originally authored by Linus Torvalds in 2005 for development of the Linux kernel, with other kernel developers contributing to its initial development. Since 2005, Junio Hamano has been the core maintainer.