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Linux kernel version history

This article documents the broad, wide version history of the Linux kernel, a free, open-source, and Unix-like kernel that is used on many computer systems and web servers worldwide. Since the Linux kernel's creation by Linus Torvalds in 1991, it had rapidly gained popularity as many developers started contributing to the project. The kernel became self-hosting as of version 0.11 in December 1991. The version 1.0.0 of the kernel was released on March 1994, which consisted of around 176,250 lines in the original unmodified source code. The most recent stable release of the Linux kernel is , which was released on .

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This article documents the broad, wide version history of the Linux kernel, a free, open-source, and Unix-like kernel that is used on many computer systems and web servers worldwide. Since the Linux kernel's creation by Linus Torvalds in 1991, it had rapidly gained popularity as many developers started contributing to the project. The kernel became self-hosting as of version 0.11 in December 1991. The version 1.0.0 of the kernel was released on March 1994, which consisted of around 176,250 lines in the original unmodified source code. The most recent stable release of the Linux kernel is , which was released on .

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  1. release date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378841485

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