Linux Celebrates 25th year of open source computing.

25 years ago this week, a college student in Finland shared his project on an email list:
From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: <1991aug25 .205708.9541="" klaava.helsinki.fi="">
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
Hello everybody out there using minix —
I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).
I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and
I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them :-)
Linus (torv…@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes — it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that’s all I have :-(.
“Just a hobby,” he says. “Won’t be big and professional like gnu,” he says.
This kid has no idea that his operating system is about to change software forever.
Today, Linux is the dominant operating system for servers. It’s also the basis for Android, which is the dominant operating system for phones.
And it’s 100% free and open source.

So linux is a great and cool platform for the students and Developer's.Anyone can contribute here and learn.

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Linux Celebrates 25th year of open source computing.