It is 10 years since Linus Torvalds set out to design and build a challenger to Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system. Linux is now here to stay, but its journey towards popularity has not always been straightforward. Here's the story so far ...
In 1991 Linus Torvalds set out on a project that would ultimately become one of the biggest computing hits for the last 20 years. Ten years on, the penguin is still going strong and continues to ...
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