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1994
Version 1.0 of SuSE Linux released -
1994
Version 1.0 of SuSE Linux released -
1996
Linux kernel version 2.0 released -
1998
IBM CEO Louis Gerstner announces that the company will invest $1 billion in Linux development. -
2000
IBM CEO Louis Gerstner announces that the company will invest $1 billion in Linux development. -
2001
Amazon.com reveals in a SEC filing that switching to Linux has saved them over $20 million. -
2002
Linux distributors Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux and Conectiva sign an agreement to form UnitedLinux and jointly develop a Linux distribution for servers. -
2002
Linux distributors Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux and Conectiva sign an agreement to form UnitedLinux and jointly develop a Linux distribution for servers. -
2002
Walmart begins selling Microtel PCs through their online store with Lindows and Mandrake Linux pre-installed -
2003
The city of Munich, Germany announces that it's switching 14,000 PCs from Windows to Linux. -
2003
La Junta de Extremadura (Spain) announces that 80,000 computers in their schools are running a distribution called GNU/LinEx. -
2003
Linux kernel version 2.6 is released -
2004
Microsoft settles its trademark dispute with Lindows -
2004
First version of Ubuntu Linux released -
2004
During the Superbowl, IBM runs a commercial promoting Linux -
2005
Larry McVoy, creator of BitKeeper, discontinues support for the free BitKeeper -
2005
In strongly worded emails to the GNOME mailing list, Linus Torvalds reveals that he prefers KDE to GNOME -
2006
Linus Torvalds reveals that he doesn't like the anti-DRM provisions in the draft for version 3 -
2006
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announces that the company may develop their own Linux distribution -
2006
Nicolas Negroponte displays the first working prototype of a $100 laptop computer running Linux and designed for children in the third world -
2006
Novell and Microsoft sign a controversial agreement in which Novell -
2007
Dell announces that it will pre-load Ubuntu Linux on selected desktop and laptop models of their computers. -
2007
Linux distributors Xandros and Linspire sign patent agreements with Microsoft