📰Linus T tells The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session
Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible If you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds posting to the Minix Usenet group on August 25, 1991, that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
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🌎 On the island of Märket in the Baltic Sea, the Finland-Sweden border cuts through a tiny lighthouse. The border was shifted in 1985 so both nations could share the landmark, creating a zigzag international line only 500 meters long. ✨
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🌎 The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery remains unsolved: in December 1900, three lighthouse keepers disappeared from a remote Scottish island. No bodies or clues to their fate were found, and weather records suggest a sudden storm struck the area. The lighthouse was left locked, with meals untouched and logs stopping abruptly on December 15. ✨
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