A talk I gave to the New York Linux Users Group in January 2011 commemorating the past decade of Linux moments since the release of the 2.4 kernel 10 years ago.

1. The Top 5 Myths of Linux and Free Software By Forest Mars On the Occasion of the 10 th Anniversary of NYLUG New York Linux Users Group

2. Myth: Linux hasn't Succeeded Wildly.

9. Myth #2: Linux Adoption is Tapering Off.

10. “ If Linux server adoption is slowing, then my name is Steve Ballmer”

11. 10 Crucial Moments in the History of Linux

12. January 2001: Linux Kernel 2.4.

13. May 2001: Nvidia releases binary drivers

14. June 2002: Gnome 2.0

15. May 2002: RHEL 2.1

16. May 2003: SCO vs. IBM

17. April 2004: X.org 1.0 released

18. October 2004: Warty Warthog

19. Compiz! January 2006:

20. June 2007: GPL 3.0

21. January 2008: KDE 4.0

22. February 2008: ASUS EeePC

23. September 2008: Android 1.0 SDK

24. Myth #3: Free Software isn't Free.

26. Myth #4: Free Software is Collaborative.

28. Myth #5: The Cloud is mainly a big load of Hype.

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