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1999

This document provides a timeline of key events in Linux and open source from 1999-2013, including the rise of Linux server popularity, legal battles involving SCO, the creation of Ubuntu and Chrome OS, and Valve announcing SteamOS.

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1999

This document provides a timeline of key events in Linux and open source from 1999-2013, including the rise of Linux server popularity, legal battles involving SCO, the creation of Ubuntu and Chrome OS, and Valve announcing SteamOS.

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1999

Linux and BSD users unite for “Windows Refund Day”. They visit Microsoft, hoping to return the unused
Windows licenses that they were forced to acquire when they purchased a computer system bundled with
the OS.

2000

 The latest IDC report suggests that Linux now ranks as the “second-most-popular operating system for server
computers”, with 25% of the server operating system sales in 1999. Windows NT is first with 38% and
NetWare ranks third with 19%.

2001

The US National Security Agency (NSA) releases SELinux under the GPL. SELinux offers an additional layer of
security checks in addition to the standard UNIX-like permissions system.

2003

The SCO Group (SCO) announced that they were suing IBM for $1 billion, claiming that IBM transferred SCO
trade secrets into Linux. Later SCO began numerous legal claims and threats against many of the major
names in the computer industry, including HP, Microsoft, Novell, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems and Red
Hat. The jury case was decided on 30 March 2010 in Novell’s favour

2004

Ubuntu came into life with the unusual version number 4.10, referring to its release date in October 2004
and the odd code name Warty Warthog. Ubuntu’s development is led by Canonical Ltd., a company owned
by Mark Shuttleworth. While not being a major contributor to the kernel, Ubuntu plays an important part in
the adoption of Linux on desktops and laptops.

2007

ASUS announced two Eee PC models at Computex Taipei 2007: the 701 and 1001. The 1st Eee PCs came pre-
installed with Xandros Linux, a lightweigt distribution optimized for small displays based on Debian.

2009

In January 2009 the New York Times stated: “More than 10 million people are estimated to run Ubuntu
today”.

2011

Google announced the Chromebook at the Google I/O conference 2011. Chromebooks are laptops running
the so-called cloud operating system Chrome OS, that is based on the Linux kernel.
21 June : Linus Torvalds announces the release of Linux 3.0.

2013

Valve Corporation announces its Linux-based operating system SteamOS for video game consoles.

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