| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1984 | |
| January 1984 | Richard Stallman quits his job at MIT and starts working on the GNU Project. |
| 1985 | |
| Month unknown | Free Software Foundation, an organization for creating and promoting free software, is founded by Richard Stallman. |
| March 1985 | The GNU manifesto, a statement by Richard Stallman advocating the cause of free software movement, is published in the March 1985 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal |
| 1991 | |
| August 25 1991 | Linus conceives the idea of Linux and announces the project in a Usenet Post |
| September 1991 | Version 0.01 is released on the Net |
| 1992 | |
| January 1992 | First Linux Newsgroup: alt.os.linux founded in the UseNet |
| April 1992 | Ari Lemmke starts the popular Linux newsgroup comp.os.linux in the UseNet |
| November 1992 | Adam Richter announces the release of the first Linux Distribution from his company: Yggdrasil |
| 1993 | |
| June 1993 | Slackware, the famous Linux distribution is released by Peter Volkerding |
| August 1993 | Matt Welsh releases Linux Installation and getting started: version 1 |
| 1994 | |
| March 1994 | Linux kernel version 1.0 is released |
Monday, February 21, 2011
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