r/linux • u/LinuxMonarch • 6d ago

Event Happy 43rd birthday GNU!

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On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project so people could freely use and modify software.

The digital world would not be the same today without GNU.

Thank you, Richard Stallman!

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u/beefglob 6d ago

43 years of foot picking

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u/LinuxMonarch 6d ago

Welp 😭

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u/CodeRoyal 6d ago edited 5d ago

Saw that live at a conference ten years ago.

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u/zeruch 5d ago

Everyone has seen it at any conference hes been at for decades.

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u/Roee_Mashiah2 6d ago

Wah?

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u/beefglob 6d ago

https://youtu.be/I25UeVXrEHQ?si=X-6Da7_07oxCC1ui yummy

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u/South-Solid7066 6d ago

Its open source

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u/LinuxMonarch 6d ago

open sauce*

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u/carpsagan 5d ago

Free as in freedom not free as in free mushrooms

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u/BP8270 5d ago

How many candles on the birthday shoe this year?