{"id":390,"date":"2026-01-15T04:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/?p=390"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:36:26","slug":"%f0%9f%90%a7-history-of-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"&#x1f427; History of Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f331; Origins (Before Linux)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>1970s<\/strong>, <strong>Unix<\/strong> was created at Bell Labs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unix was powerful but <strong>commercial and closed-source<\/strong>, which limited free use in universities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f680; Birth of Linux (1991)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In <strong>1991<\/strong>, a Finnish student named <strong>Linus Torvalds<\/strong> started writing a <strong>free kernel<\/strong> as a hobby.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On <strong>25 August 1991<\/strong>, he announced Linux on a Usenet group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He released the source code under the <strong>GNU General Public License (GPL)<\/strong> so anyone could study, modify, and share it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f4cc; Important:<br><strong>Linux = Kernel<\/strong>, not the complete operating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f9e9; GNU + Linux = Complete OS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>GNU Project<\/strong> already had essential tools (compiler, shell, utilities).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Combining <strong>GNU tools + Linux kernel<\/strong> created a <strong>complete free operating system<\/strong>, commonly called <strong>GNU\/Linux<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f4e6; Growth of Linux Distributions (1993\u20132000)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Different groups packaged the kernel with software \u2192 <strong>distributions (distros)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slackware (1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debian (1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red Hat (1994)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each distro had its own installer, package manager, and focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f30d; Popularity &amp; Adoption (2000\u20132010)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linux became dominant on:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Servers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supercomputers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Embedded systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companies like IBM and Oracle began supporting Linux.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Desktop environments like <strong>GNOME<\/strong> and <strong>KDE<\/strong> made Linux user-friendly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f4f1; Modern Era (2010\u2013Present)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Android<\/strong> uses the Linux kernel \u2192 billions of devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux powers:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IoT devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Today, Linux is one of the <strong>most widely used kernels in the world<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/11-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/11-1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/11-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/12.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/12-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HISTORY.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HISTORY.jpg 742w, https:\/\/mitalgoswami.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HISTORY-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f331; 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