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Linus Torvalds posted the first version of Linux onto the Internet (LWN and LJ Staff).
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Linux 0.11 was the first version of the Linux kernel that was standalone and stable (Stewart).
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Slackware was developed by Patrick Volkerding. Slackware was the first Linux distrobution that was commercially available (Strohmeyer).
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While visiting an aquarium, Linus Torvalds was bitten by a penguin (Mears). The penguin inspired Torvalds to make the mascot of Linux become Tux the penguin (Mears).
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Then-CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer declares Linux a cancer that "attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches" (Greene).
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Canonical developed Ubuntu 4.10 with emphasis on user experience, and six month release cycles (Strohmeyer). Ubuntu 4.10 in action
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The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organization. They are responsible for overseeing the development of Linux (The Linux Foundation).
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The trading systems used by the New York Stock Exchange switched to Red Hat Linux (Babcock). New York Stock Exchange relies on Red Hat: A Red Hat Customer Success Story
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Google released its own Linux based operating system called Chrome OS. Chrome OS is a lightweight operating system that stores all files in the cloud (Vaughan-Nichols).
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In 2010 Android became the most used mobile operating system. With Android, Google overtook Nokia, Apple, Blackberry, and Microsoft to become the most popular mobile OS (Cheng).
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Linux celebrates its 20th birthday. 20 years later, Linux is the most used operating system kernel in supercomputers and mobile devices (Clay).
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Valve released the very first Linux distrobution focussed on video games (Reisinger). Windows is the platform of choice for PC video games, but with support from Valve the makers of the Steam client, and games like Portal, and Half-Life, Linux starts to compete with Windows for gamers.
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A vulnerability in Linux software was discovered that let remote hackers attack Linux computers (Mimoso). Nearly every version of Linux was vulnerable to the attack (Mimoso).
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The CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft loves Linux. 20% of Microsoft's cloud platform run a version of Linux (McAllister).
