📰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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🌎 In the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, researchers have found strange microbial life living over 10,900 meters below the surface. These microbes survive by breaking down chemicals from rocks, not sunlight, and help recycle nutrients in this harsh environment. ✨
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🌍 Some bacteria and fungi live deep in rocks of the lithosphere, far below where sunlight reaches. These life forms connect the biosphere to Earth's rocky layer in ways once thought impossible. ✨
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🌍 Earth’s spheres aren’t fixed—they overlap at microbe level. Extremophiles, tiny life forms, live deep underground rocks, linking the biosphere to the lithosphere in some of Earth's harshest zones. ✨
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🌎 Vibrant hot springs in Yellowstone glow with brilliant colors thanks to heat-loving bacteria called thermophiles. These microbes produce pigments that create beautiful bands of green, yellow, and orange around the steaming pools. ✨
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🌎 The salt-loving halophiles of California’s pink Lake Hillier thrive where few others survive. These tiny microbes give the lake its vivid color by producing pigments that protect them from extreme salt and sunlight—turning the water a bubblegum pink! ✨
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After death, human microbes survive in soil and help break down the body. They work with soil microbes to speed up decomposition and recycle nitrogen, which plants need to grow. These microbes can live in the soil for months or years, turning dead bodies into nutrients that support new life. 🌱🦠💀
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