The Origins of Linux - Linus Torvalds
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[Recorded Sept 19, 2001]
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the operating system phenomenon Linux, tells the story of how he went from writing code as a graduate student in Helsinki in the early 1990s to becoming an icon for open source software by the end of the decade.
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| sync is bad, as ... ( 4 months ago by JoeF5050) |
| sync is bad, as usual |
| hmmm....VAX also ... ( 4 months ago by darijo203) |
| hmmm....VAX also had memory management and segmentation...with VMS... |
| ...yeah...I also ... ( 4 months ago by darijo203) |
| ...yeah...I also had problem in learning protected mode... |
| damn....was that ... ( 4 months ago by darijo203) |
| damn....was that Ken Thompson at 0:36:30??? |
| As far as I know ... ( 4 months ago by aceyage) |
| As far as I know that's a youtube thing. But seemingly there are ways to prevent that. |
| I was about to ask ... ( 3 months ago by mekoka) |
| I was about to ask the same thing. I think it was him. Damn, indeed. |
| I had a Vic-20! ( 3 months ago by dennisbarbier) |
| I had a Vic-20! |
| yeah,I love this ... ( 3 months ago by leonhongkong) |
| yeah,I love this series too. |
| how do they upload ... ( 2 months ago by Mercury888) |
| how do they upload movies that is more than an hour? |
| "There was no ... ( 2 months ago by Jen5en) |
| "There was no support for it, so I always had to write my own programs." Of course you did, the rest of us would probably just ditch it. :D |
| Linux exclusively ... ( 2 months ago by starcannon) |
| Linux exclusively for 5+ years, no regrets, no problems. |
| a specific format ... ( 2 months ago by 13thpersoncomedy) |
| a specific format is allowed to be more than 10 minutes ;) |
| I think when they ... ( 2 months ago by TuxIsCool) |
| I think when they register they select a "Directors" account. When you have a Directors account you can upload longer files. Or at least thats how it used to be a few years back. |
| Using NT ... ( 1 month ago by jonah1976) |
| Using NT exclusively for 7+ years, educated user. No regrets, no viruses (or scanning software), no spyware, no problems other than a failed hard drive. I use open source, freeware and commercial software of all varieties. |
| You have to be a ... ( 1 month ago by brianxhhj) |
| You have to be a partner. |
| not necessarily ... ... ( 1 month ago by teeangle) |
| not necessarily ... check out my channel |
| NERD PRIDE! ( 1 month ago by astartelucifer) |
| NERD PRIDE! |
| But you use windows ... ( 1 month ago by Dejaiin) |
| But you use windows.. So :/ |
| haha, burn! ( 4 weeks ago by idgeit) |
| haha, burn! |
| Can we assume this ... ( 3 weeks ago by miwabba) |
| Can we assume this is rather old (2001?!) since he refers to "10 years" a lot and the fact that SMP/clustering is not really important. |
| The "September 19, ... ( 2 weeks ago by sinthetek) |
| The "September 19, 2001" at the beginning didn't tip you off? |
| 7+ years for me :D ... ( 2 weeks ago by sinthetek) |
| 7+ years for me :D 10 if you discount the short bout with win98 in '01. Mom and sister have been using it exclusively for about 1 and 3 years, respectively |
| Who cares about ... ( 1 week ago by jonkri) |
| Who cares about this idiot? The GNU system is what's important, not a sell-out geek like Linus. |
| when he says PC he ... ( 1 week ago by orgthingy) |
| when he says PC he means his Personal COmputer not "mac users thinking" of "Windows" ! |
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