Highlights of LinuxCon NA 2016
The State of the Penguin
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The Linux community gathered at LinuxCon NA 2016 in Toronto to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Linux.
LinuxCon North America – one of the biggest Linux and open source events – took place in Toronto, Canada, August 22-24, 2016. What made this LinuxCon important was the fact that it fell during the same week that Linux celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Keynote Highlights
The first day of the event began with a welcome keynote by the executive director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin. "We made it. 25 years. Quite an accomplishment," said Zemlin as he took the stage.
Zemlin reflected on the 25 years of Linux and said how Linux has changed the way we collaborate. "Today, you literally cannot make anything by building all the software you need by yourself." And, today, the vast majority of code in any modern technology product or service is open source.
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