Linus Torvalds issued Linux 3.17 rc-2 on Monday of this week, and he deviated from his normal schedule in doing so, because August 25 happens to mark the 23rd anniversary of the original Linux announcement. “Hello everybody out there using minix,” Torvalds wrote.
Meanwhile, PCMag.com has proclaimed that Linux has run out of time. But isn’t it true that the endless discussions of whether Linux is a success on the desktop are moot? Linux is in supercomputers and cars, it formed the basis for Android and is the most popular platform to run emerging cloud platforms like OpenStack on–just to name a few of its successes. The desktop is not the only battleground for Linux.
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