Dear all, today is August 25, 2015, and the time has come for us, Linux users, to party in celebration of the 24th anniversary of the Linux project, announced by none other than its creator, Linus Torvalds, on the sunny day of Sunday, August 25, 1991.

Yes, it has been 24 long years (actually time flies pretty fast when you're having fun installing Linux kernel-based operating systems) since the first ever release of the Linux project, which is the core component of any GNU/Linux distribution.

Because it's celebration time, we won't bore you with nonsense and technical details about what Linux is or how Linux is built, or who uses Linux. For that, we have attached a nice video at the end of the article, thanks to the Linux Foundation.

What we want to remind everyone with this piece of article is that Linux is everywhere, even if you don't see it. You use Linux when you search on Google, you use Linux when you buy metro tickets, actually the whole Internet is powered by Linux!

Linux is even used on airplanes, and all sorts of smart devices that you buy and use in your home. Your Wi-Fi router is powered by Linux, your Android phone is powered by Linux, and you might even use Linux at work and you don't even know it.

The Softpedia Linux team wishes a very Happy Birthday to Linux! May you live longer than anything else in this world! Happy 24th birthday, Linux!