I think his greatest achievement is git. He gave life to open source. It allows everyone to see the direction. And everyone can take over. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Respect and gratitude to them and theirs.
+1 Agree completely, Git, Gitlab and Github communities are the fuel to the fire that change old mentalities and provide real value in the enterprise, open source legacy will always be to someone preserve the right code and ideas longer than the physical or statutory life of a company, every recession take its toll of good ideas extinct by economic circumstances specially in software.
I love the tone used when she reads Bill Gate's later - especially with the music in the background. I had to watch twice it gave me such a good laugh.
I can't imagine Bill Gates using that tone if he was addressing them in person, even if he wrote it in that tone. Of course tone is an incredibley important part of communication as it ilicits feeling from the listener. By making the choice to use that tone when reading Bill's letter it brings incredible bias against his raised points to the listener. But such are the risks with text as the reader adds tone.
@@gm2407 I'm sure he wouldn't use that tone in person. However, I do think it is fitting as I disagree with what he said. Also - I believe the tone and music used for the narrative was based in humor and I thought it was funny.
@@markhayes2003 Humour is some of the best way to undermine a person's position. If we agree that the piece is not trying to present the position as balanced then I can accept the methods used. In disclosure I am of a similar opinion to Linus where he believes there should be both proprietry and open source software out there. What I dislike is the gun held to the head subscription EULA situation that is pervasive arround the world where only one side has all the power to change the conditions at the drop of a hat and you lose access if you no longer agree. It is an inequitable bargin that brings frustration when there was a time when you buy software its yours to use forever.
@@philosophyofpolitics4504 Bill Gates would have made it if the internet only ran on AtiveX, so probably he and Steve Ballmer call HTML5 communists. They are just against everybody.
Idk about others but when I use Linux I feel safe and motivated to use the OS unlike windows where I have to think about what's taking all the ram and what programs should I end.. And the security
So true. When im in Windows it feels like im constantly watching the Task Manager to know what programs to shut down, services to stop and registry keys to modify to disable the startup of the shit Task Manager cant disable in user mode.
@S B not neccasirly though , it's still open source , many people can look through the code , even if Ubuntu in particular has many question marks risen regarding privacy , you'll still have other distros that are focused on security/privacy
@S B what do you mean not having the needed ecosystem? Some companies fund a lot of distros developments, also take a look at AUR its so full of great stuff and still not as heavy as Windows
That quote from Bill Gates at 9 minutes seems rather angry. I get his point though. I enjoyed this video. Within the 5 years I've used Linux I've never felt the need to go back to the big W. Any time some new game or software pops up only for windows, if Linux doesn't already have an alternative or if it wont run in wine, I don't need it. I appreciate all the developers who put years into creating all these options, even if I've picked my favorites (Debian, XFCE, PCManFM are among them).
Starting to slide towards linux myself, slowly, helps that Stream (where most of my games are) has started to work on getting stuff to work on Linux, been tinkering with Manjaro KDE so far and would love to hear any tips you have!
@@UNSCPILOT Look into using Steam with Proton. I recommend using Ubuntu, since that's what Steam is using and developing for. Linux distributions have come a long way in the last 5 years for usability.
Was using Windows for 25+ years. Started at PC Gaming clubs, later got my own PC. Unfortunately, the main use was for gaming and losing my time. I am using Linux Mint for an year now. I am very happy - many games do not run properly and i put my time in more productive things. Thanks to all the people that made this possible!
Give it some more time. It's widely accepted that vulkan GPU drivers operate on the cards better then DX13 does In some benchmarking scenarios. Also, gaming on Linux? We have the steam deck which runs a fork of Arch. It's a slow adoption, but the interest at a corporate level from Valve to support it is astounding. If you hold an android device in your hands, you have a versatile mobile gaming environment.
Very interesting story for historical reasons.. It's twenty years later, this needs to be updated to outline how in what ways the open source community has changed the world as Stallman hoped but also how the fruits of those labors have not been all positive.
If it’s going to be revised, can we go ahead and make it longer so that (a) we can get rid of some of the rapid, near-breathless voiceovers which are simply jarring, and (b) can we get rid of, or radically improve and tone down, the background music? The documentary, as it is, reeks of over-acted drama, when the real story behind it has more than enough drama to go around.
The video left off at an interesting place, really. Since then, Linux has come to basically dominate the server space and Red Hat is back over $180 a share. The less said about VA Linux the better, I suppose.
Hear, hear. The older I get the more I see the paradox and irony of the whole situation; Stallman is a fair-dinkum American in not just his enterprising spirit ("I must build the world I want") but also in his crystallised view of Freedom and yet the success of his message (or lack of) is due to it being drowned out by much louder, more effective messages coming from yet another chamber of America's heart, corporate capitalism.
Recently I read the story of Unix, just because Linux (not Unix) is my best friend since the mid of the 90s. While reading the book, it got clear, that the Unix world was a great idea, but very strict focused on making money. I compare it a bit with Oracle and Java, but as a whole eco system. Thanks for Linus und the GNU Project, for giving us "Unix" and the freedom we like so much 🙂.
I'd say Gates was more than 10% and was in the right position to be another one of the greats but indeed at some early point he just invested the rest of his skillpoints into "businessman" and left the thug life behind
This was a very insightful and interesting documentary on the early history of Linux. I will never use it for myself any time soon but it's a cause worthy of support and I hope that one day Linux grows into something great and commonplace and maybe one day there'll be a distro I'd be happy to use
After all those years it really amazes me we still can't buy laptops fully Linux compatible, specially from companies that have taken a lot from open source, specially after containers and kubernetes offered the ultimate value of software that is now offered in the commercial cloud.
@Lumioze Sort of. Torvalds spent his entire life on saving $69 on a Minix license. Tannenbaum messed up his life by not getting his publisher to open source it right away. Two idiotic decisions with horrible consequences for billions of users. :-)
Linux was designed as a direct threat to Microsoft not Unix. Half this video speaks of Microsoft not Unix. FreeBSD paid AT&T to make UNIX free. It clearly says in this video they duplicated UNIX. Without Unix there would’ve been no Linux.
LT was avsked once if he'd like to meet BG. He was something like "Eh, he's a very successful businessman, why would I be interested? I am a programmer..."
Really? By Stallman standards this was extremely tame. He's very vocal and passionate and that does make things awkward occasionally but when he's afforded his desire to speak in paragraphs he's completely benign in my opinion.
I think that cat is long out of the bag. You can basically look at any support forum for Linux and the folks who happen to have learned three command line tricks will be all over you as the "noob". It's the worst collection of emotionally maladjusted people you will meet outside of religion and white supremacy.
I do wonder if the open source development of design programs and security protocols will in time shift the market away from proprietary services and instead allow for ventures to capitalise on providing customer service instead. As it stands the invested shareholders have a large stake in keeping their intellectual property exclusive and their staff repleted with promising talent. The next big advancement has in my mind always been optimisation of functional software with optional feature updates, rather than proprietary bloatware. It looks like marketing has taken precedence over allowing for market functioning. Open source CAD programs, game engines, even monitoring software doesn’t seem to have made much ground in comparison to the OS. It begs the question why.
I also worked at Valinux in 1999 as a contractor, I setup the Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe to run the ICA client on Linux for the fiance people to use Peachtree accounting software from their Linux desktops.
Yesterday I downloaded n install Linux mint 20 xfce and so far I couldn’t be happier bout my decision. However I have got shit from people who’ve never used it (shocker there) but it has basically made my old laptop that was running Vista like brand new I said fuck it n I’ll start brand new saved some files I wanted but other than that started fresh....I’m excited to learn more bout this os and shit I can do within it
You know what! I'd be all linux and open source if it wasn't for my Xbox 360 and one and my job as a MS SQL DBA. But hey I'm still a geek brothers! I'm more you than corporate.
I'm all open source, well, I actually use Android but not needing more than youtube app which is also in browser, I don't need translator. I use Telegram and that's all. I don't game, I plan to re create NFSMW over a 3D vulkan engine. my infancy game. i'm working on a buggy distro (Manjaro) and that made me think in big scheme. actually not even vicing on memes nor comedy. begun to study kernel source from scratch. all because I swifted to decayment, and the reason was I didn't support being ignorant. my brain isn't designed to follow academic plans.
Richard Stallman was the real hero. Now GNU is essentially hijacked by Linux, and free software movement and ideology is hijacked by open source. And finally corporations have hijacked Linux. It makes billions per quarter for Google, Microsoft etc. and spies everyone through Android, companies use Linux servers to make more money. And there's almost no change of cheap Linux laptops now after Chromebooks, and almost zero chance for Linux smartphones. Stallman was absolutely right the whole time. In many ways we would be better off by not having the success of Linux is it would have allowed free software to be intact. Though only time will tell. I kind of feel Linus Torvalds phucked up, or he either was too egotistical and just wanted Linux to spread and not really care about the ideological aspect, which in my mind is the most important part. And I find that person who doesn't agree with this is probably not that wise or knowledgeable on how this world is ran. Lets hope that we get Risc V CPUs without hardware backdoors on desktop and laptop computers, and on smartphones. And hopefully we get some killer Linux distro for those computers and some mobile Linux for smartphones. Things could change quickly, but it requires luck and activism from those who know this issue.
honestly, I hate Windows and GNU GUI. that's why I prefer to go from scratch and make a book about it. if you want to make a group about a "tiny Linux compatible kernel", you know, if many more people start to know about the Linux kernel dynamics, it won't be owned by the parasitical programmer Linus anymore. any idea how can we write an assembly based deep manual of how to manage ALU pre-emptive and structure capabilities? or does it exist?
@@libremercadoencrisiseconom2118 minix is open source Unix based OS and is generally used for education. In the book Operating Systems Design and Implementation, the source is in the back of the book.
@@klc3rd I mean I want to know how kernel subthreads are emptived by a thread handler. I know menuet OS exist, but I want a detailed manual. I guess I'll be the first one making an explained tour.
it appears that there was some disappointment on the part of the free software foundation that Linus Torvalds did not name his project the gnu kernel. they are still trying to complete their os with a kernel that they develop and can claim credit for.
I saw my friend using a smaller version of Linux on his Android. I believe it was called (Termux). Telling him I was interested in using a different type of os, he said it's to hard to just pick up and learn. I wonder if that's true.
I’m a bit late but I just want to add that Linux is super easy. In fact Android is Linux. Termux is just a terminal that he can use to run commands. Don’t be afraid to try Linux. Take Linux mint (cinnamon and xfce) or Kubuntu or Kde neon for example.
Totally easy. Perhaps the easiest thing to start with is something like Ubuntu (I think Ubuntu Studio is the better fork and version), but from there move on to more free and libre (and lightweight) distros as you gain more experience. Something like MX GNU linux is very user friendly, but also lightweight and more free / libre. Also worth looking at FSF recommended operating systems, but it's a short list due to the amount of time it takes to completely review all the lines of code in an OS to ensure it is all free and libre.
Seems like a good market for both really. There is a lot of people who don’t have the time and money to Jack with a modified Linux system. So windows works. And the people who want to mess with it can. Done and done.
True. I understand why op feels that way. I don't want to force people to us linux. I try to be open to people on linux. Since linux is easy to use nowadays on desktop, educating people on how to use linux will help spread adoption.
I have uploaded an upscaled (1080p) version of the DVD. My rip was done losslessly, so no compression or degradation of the video quality took place before I uploaded the file to RU-vid. My video also has subtitles. Check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k0RYQVkQmWU.html
I am 51 now in 2021 playing Software Engineer role in a big Brasilian Company with tons of OpenSource software, started with opensource about 35 as well. Enjoy the journey and freedom.
So basically GNU' project, was a project to build a unix type OS, mr. Stallmen and others build gcc, text editors and others programs of OS, but he needed kenal, and mr. Linus made it. And share it under general public licence.
Pretty much, yeah. The HURD kernel (GNU's) is a mess. But respect to Stallman for the GPL and his contributions to libre software. Those programs are extremely important for building software and for administering a system. Bash for example, sed, find, grep, (g)awk, etc.
@@krozareq Yes, they are so important that other systems simply don't need them. Not to mention that they are a holy mess of 50 year old concepts that are completely out of date. Time to start over. :-)
LOL that Microsoft letter to the computer club couldn't have been narrated in a more pejorative tone.. Im all for free software and contribute what I can to those whose softwae I use. In m I see RMS as not walking the talk. I'm having a hard time finding software he has created for modern computer tech he has released under his GNU license.
In this scenario, the userS, are collectively a class mutually supporting each other as equals in what they create. Nobody has any more power than anyone else in this union, and everyone is therefore accountable to each other. When an individual can be isolated from the others, that makes them subject to the managerial class. When one person can control the access that others have to each other, this breaks the community mutual accountability dynamic such that the admin can assert control. Choosing passwords with which to restrict your resources from the rest of the user community is consent to being controlled. Note that this doesn't apply in contemporary circumstances, rather this applies to the communities around each computer of the time before internetworking with complete strangers was common.
..Androids,RU-vid ,Googles..etc are linux based..its a really quick booting system..its a billon dollar computing,shopping industry nowadays with enhanced security thanks for earlier hacking and testings...
