# Celebrating 35 Years of Linux: The Open Source Engine Powering Three Decades of Global Innovation and Infrastructure

DevFeed: [Celebrating 35 Years of Linux: The Open Source Engine Powering Three Decades of Global Innovation and Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/celebrating-35-years-of-linux-the-open-source-engine-powering-three-decades-of-global-innovation-and-infrastructure-65676.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/celebrating-35-years-of-linux-the-open-source-engine-powering-three-decades-of-global-innovation-and-infrastructure>)

Author: Hilary Carter

Published: 2026-10-06T19:15:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Linux Foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/linux-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Linux Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-kernel.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [LF Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lf-research.md>)

Tags: [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [lf-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lf-research.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces a Linux Foundation report marking 35 years of the Linux kernel. It highlights Linux's role across computing infrastructure, its influence on open source collaboration and software engineering practices, ongoing kernel development, and its adaptation to real-time and AI workloads.

## Source excerpt

Thirty-five years ago, a modest post on a newsgroup announced a hobby project that would forever change the landscape of modern technology. Today, we are thrilled to reflect on the impact of the Linux kernel as we share our newest report, 35 Years of Linux: The Open Source Engine of Global Infrastructure and Innovation. From underpinning the cloud to powering outer space missions, the Linux kernel has proven to be an unstoppable engine for economic growth and technical progress. And thanks to the insights from more than a dozen active contributors to the Linux kernel and numerous open source project leaders, and of course, Linus Torvalds himself, this report tells a rich story of how far the kernel has come and where it's going on the occasion of this milestone anniversary.