Computing · Recorded milestone
Open-source Linux
Recorded year1991
Linus Torvalds' kernel grows into the operating system of servers, phones and supercomputers.
Explore this milestone on the interactive mapBuilt on
- DRAM memory chipRecorded · 1970requires
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
- UNIX and CRecorded · 1971enables
- TCP/IPRecorded · 1974requires
- Personal computerRecorded · 1975requires
- Free software movementRecorded · 1983enables
Led to
- Human genome sequencedRecorded · 2003enables
- Git and GitHubRecorded · 2005enables
- Cloud computingRecorded · 2006enables
- Robot Operating SystemRecorded · 2010enables
- Software containersRecorded · 2013enables
- Decentralised social networksRecorded · 2016enables
- Phones as quake sensorsRecorded · 2020requires
- Exascale supercomputerRecorded · 2022enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.