IDG Contributor Network: 26 open source projects from Linux's 25 years

Linux is often credited for pioneering the open source development model and it has led to the creation of many open source projects and communities. Here are some of the major open source projects that were created around Linux in the past 25 years.
1983: Richard M Stallman announces GNU Operating system
Richard M Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, announced the GNU project to create a UNIX-compatible, free and open source operating system. The GNU project created many core com