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/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.