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Release of Unix by Bell Laboratories
A command-line based Operating System - The "grand-father" of Linux -
Period: to
Creation -> Today
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Start of the GNU Open-Source Project
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Release of Minix
Licensed Operating System for educational purposes only - Linux started as a free version of Minix -
Release of GNU General Public License
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Linus Torvalds announces development of new Operating System - Later Linux
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Release of Linux v0.01
First linux version to be released, by Linus Torvalds himself. -
Linux adds support for X Window Management System
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First major linux update, v 1.0
Many updates introduced -
Android Portable Operating System development begins
Android OS for mobile devices uses the Linux Kernel. -
Latest Linux Realease, v3.2