From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:44:52 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Fill in very brief history of Linux
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Fill in very brief history of Linux
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 <div class="slide">
   <h1>Linux kernel</h1>
+  <ul class="incremental">
+    <li>
+      Started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 as a kernel for i386
+      PCs: <q>just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu</q>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Adopted as the kernel of the Debian system in 1993
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      After 20 years' development, supports more hardware
+      architectures and devices than anything else
+      <ul class="incremental">
+	<li>
+	  Hardware vendors <em>must</em> provide Linux drivers because
+	  their customers demand it
+	</li>
+      </ul>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Still the default kernel for the Debian system
+    </li>
+  </ul>
 </div>
 
 <div class="slide">