30 Years of Linux
by Ashok Balasubramanian 
Updated: Sep 27, 2021
Guide Kit
It is a fantastic moment to reflect that the Linux movement is 30 years old! On August 25, 1991, graduate student Linus Benedict Torvalds announced on the Usenet group comp.os.minix that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.". The rest is history, and including Android, Linux now powers more than three billion active devices. It also has almost a 100% share of the Top500 supercomputers but lags in the desktop market with an under 4% share. Beyond the numbers, Linux today has been the poster-boy of the open source movement and has scaled open source as the most dominant software model. Multiple factors are contributing to the success. In my opinion, one of the most critical factors is the GPLV2 licensing model that enabled distribution and global innovation at scale. The kandi kit on 30 Years of Linux showcases popular Linux utilities selected by our users to celebrate the moment.
vlcby videolan
10999 Version:CurrentVLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/
vlcby videolan
C 10999 Version:Current License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-2.0)
Stacerby oguzhaninan
8422 Version:v1.1.0Linux System Optimizer and Monitoring - https://oguzhaninan.github.io/Stacer-Web
Stacerby oguzhaninan
C++ 8422 Version:v1.1.0 License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)
qemuby qemu
7935 Version:CurrentOfficial QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
qemuby qemu
C 7935 Version:Current License: Others (Non-SPDX)
lmmsby LMMS
6751 Version:v1.3.0-alpha.1Cross-platform music production software
lmmsby LMMS
C++ 6751 Version:v1.3.0-alpha.1 License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-2.0)
gimpby GNOME
4013 Version:CurrentRead-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp
gimpby GNOME
C 4013 Version:Current License: Others (Non-SPDX)
clamavby Cisco-Talos
3003 Version:clamav-1.1.0ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net
clamavby Cisco-Talos
C 3003 Version:clamav-1.1.0 License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-2.0)
rsyncby WayneD
1490 Version:CurrentAn open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. It also has useful features for backup and restore operations among many other use cases.
rsyncby WayneD
C 1490 Version:Current License: Others (Non-SPDX)
baculaby redhat/centos-stream/src
0 Version:CurrentSource repo for CentOS Stream package "bacula". Please, follow [this guide](https://docs.centos.org/en-US/stream-contrib/contributing/source-git/) when contributing.
baculaby redhat/centos-stream/src
C 0 Version:Current License: Others (Non-SPDX)