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