Then & Now
25 Years of Linux
Linux
fits on
556
Linux
fits on
1.44MB
14
floppy disks in 2016
floppy disks
in 1991
800MB
Number
of users
1991
1 person
2016
86 million
* If all Linux users moved to the USA
Lines of code
19.5 million
in Linux kernel
lines
150,000
lines
1994
1992
2016
Linux
runs on…
processor
1 architecture
2016
processor
25 architectures
Cost to develop
if done in 2016
the Linux kernel
$3 billion+
in 1991
2 cheeseburgers
+ a 386
Supercomputers
running Linux
1998
2016
95% of all supercomputers
1 supercomputer
Linux
Distributions
2002
2016
96
278
Linux distributions
Sources:
https://www.top500.org/lists/2016/06/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux-supported_computer_architectures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
Linux distributions
https://www.linuxcounter.net/statistics/kernel
https://www.distrowatch.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux
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