What day is the true 25th birthday of Linux? Most say August 25th, the day its creator, Linus Torvalds, sent out a post to the Minix newsgroup asking for help with a new operating system he was creating. Others would say September 17th, when version 0.01 was sent to some of his close friends. Or should it be October 5th, when Linux was publically announced by Torvalds with version 0.02? [1] Continue Reading