Not long ago Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) posted about being born on technology 3rd base https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/21/world-historic-forces/
Personality resonant with #Linux35 Around the time Linus shared his hobby, I had an Intel 386 pc that I had just finished writing my thesis on at UC Berkeley.
First kernel I booted on it was 0.99r13, and the rest was history
"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)..."
On Aug 25, 1991, a 21-year-old student shared his side project to a Usenet newsgroup.
35 years later, Linux powers the global cloud, space exploration, and billions of devices.
Happy 35th Birthday, Linux! 🐧✨
https://www.learnlinux.ie/content/linus-torvalds-original-announcement-usenet
#Linux35
