Just curious, where exactly did you get this information from?
I was looking for it on the internet and came across a post by Jon Maddog Hall who seems to think it is on Sep 17.
Here's what is treated as the official message for the start of Linux:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Benedict Torvalds) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: small poll for my new operating system Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki
Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.
The actual first release was later. But even if you were to look at celebrations of Linux's birthday several LUGs around the world treat the 25th as the official b'day.
Last year there were several events around the world held on that day. Including one at the Bangalore LUG.
Cheers...Kishore --
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