Why Linux is Popular OS? Interesting Facts About Linux OS.

30th Anniversary of Linux 

Some Facts about Linux

• Linux 1.0 was released in March 1994 with 176,250 lines of code, when there was no Google, Netflix, or iPhone.
• In 1994, Redhat and SUSE publish version 1.0 of their Linux OS distribution.
• In 1997, James Cameron's Titanic was the first major film produced on Linux servers. Linux servers were also used by James Cameron for the popular film Avatar.
• Oracle released the first commercial database on Linux in 1998. Major companies such as IBM, Compaq, Oracle announce their support for Linux OS
• The Linux kernel has about 27.8 million lines of code in its Git repository and 1.3 million lines of code in systemd.
• In 2000, Steve Jobs offered Linus Torvalds a job on one condition: He needed to stop development on Linux. Linus (thankfully) declined. 
•  From smartphones to supercomputers, Linux OS runs on everything!
• An estimated 90% of Hollywood visual effects rely on Linux at some stage of the production pipeline!
• In 2006, Oracle releases it’s own distribution - Oracle Linux 
• Android is built on top of the Linux Kernel! Even though it's heavily modified, Android functions because of Linux
• Linux has over 20,000 contributors and passed one million commits in August 2020.
• Did you know 90% of the public cloud workloads run on Linux OS
• 100% of worlds top 500 supercomputers run on Linux OS
• Since 2013, the International Space Station runs on Linux OS!
• The New York Stock Exchange runs on Linux! Thanks to Linux, it can perform calculations, make transactions, and analyze at a lightning-fast speed.
• Chances are, you've visited a website run on a Linux-based server. Linux runs the majority of the world's websites.
• In Japan, bullet train use Linux OS to maintain and manage the advanced auto train control system.
• Linux is used by every major space programme in the world, including NASA and the ESA.