On August 25, 1991, a student at the University of Helsinki, Linus Torvalds, posted a message to the local newsgroup comp.os.minix, asking participants for wishes for a new UNIX-like operating system he was developing as a hobby. This laid the foundation stone for a software platform called Linux and supported by the Open Source community.
Today, Linux-based operating systems dominate the world of supercomputers with a market share of 100%! According to Google, the Linux kernel powers more than three billion Android devices, the world's most popular operating system.
According to the company Netcraft, most web servers run on Linux, moreover, this platform is actively used in the cloud infrastructure of Microsoft Azure. In addition, the basic elements of the operating system are the basis for embedded electronics and IoT devices.
At the same time, Linux has failed to achieve success in the consumer computer market - here the share of the OS is only 2.38% or 3.59%, including Chrome OS. For comparison, Windows accounts for 73.04% of computers, macOS - 15.43%.
Nevertheless, Linux is extremely important because the very fact of its existence and development demonstrates the triumph of the idea of open source software.
“It's hard to overestimate how critical Linux is to today's Internet ecosystem. The operating system now runs on all sorts of devices, from smartphones we rely on in our daily life to the International Space Station. Relying on the Internet means relying on Linux, "said Kees Cook, a Google spokesperson for the platform's 30th anniversary.
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