It was a big week for our favorite technology last week, as true believers no doubt already know. Not only was Linux 2.6.27 released — causing no small amount of discussion on Slashdot — but the operating system itself also turned 17 years old. The Linux Journal article noting that momentous day had already received well more than a thousand Diggs by Friday, in addition to nearly 300 comments in the Slashdot world and plenty more beyond.