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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Year of Linux on the consumer PC. Linux has been dominating the server space for... 40+ years now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) That’s interesting, I remember reading a post to comp.os.minix about 32 years ago about a Finnish student who made his own OS. It was just a kernel that barely worked. Wish I’d known it was already dominant in the server space for over 8 years, could have gotten a head start! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I hope that student's project turned out ok, even if it's not big and professional like GNU. Did he ever add support for non-AT hard disks? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I'm not quibbling with nerds over the timeline, I was just echoing the original poster's words. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Arrakis@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago So Linux has been dominating the server space since before it existed? Cool! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) That’s interesting, I remember reading a post to comp.os.minix about 32 years ago about a Finnish student who made his own OS. It was just a kernel that barely worked. Wish I’d known it was already dominant in the server space for over 8 years, could have gotten a head start! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I hope that student's project turned out ok, even if it's not big and professional like GNU. Did he ever add support for non-AT hard disks? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I'm not quibbling with nerds over the timeline, I was just echoing the original poster's words. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I hope that student's project turned out ok, even if it's not big and professional like GNU. Did he ever add support for non-AT hard disks? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago I'm not quibbling with nerds over the timeline, I was just echoing the original poster's words. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arrakis@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago So Linux has been dominating the server space since before it existed? Cool! permalink fedilink source parent
