Foss History

The document provides a history of GNU/Linux operating systems. It details the origins of Unix in the 1970s and the launch of the GNU project by Richard Stallman in 1984 to develop a free Unix-like operating system. In 1991, Linus Torvalds announced the Linux kernel, which combined with the GNU software formed the GNU/Linux operating system. The document outlines the timeline of major Linux versions and releases and describes popular GNU/Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian.