Do you Remember 18 years ago when Linux was conceived? , and look now the biggest threat to Microsoft. Finally it has grown up! http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/0825-torvalds-starts-linux I just can wisper some words to them : Ubuntu , Android , Netbooks (yah they defeated us on that one) , Nokia Maemo , PalmOS ... Ohh and i forgot Google .

Kernel podcast should be included in the news area

http://planet.kernel.org/

If no one have time i can do the postings to this site , i also i'm editor on firebirdnews.org

On 17 September 1991 Linus Torvalds was announcing the first version of Linux 0.0.1.
The rest is history.

http://alexandrubucur.com/2008-09-17/17-years-linux

here is more info about dusting off the linux 0.0.1 on modern distributions
http://draconux.free.fr/os_dev/linux0.01.html

and how to run in qemu
http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Dusting_Off_the_0.01_Kernel