The LWN.net 2003 Linux Timeline

A year is a long time in the fast-moving free software world. In 2003, lawsuits were filed, major releases were made, companies came and went, and, as always, the code got better. For the sixth straight year, we at LWN have gone over the year's news and picked out the most significant events. The result, we hope, is a concise but complete view of what happened in the Linux community over the course of the year.

This is the final version of the 2003 timeline; if you find any remaining major omissions, please send them to us at timeline@lwn.net; please do not post errors or omissions as comments until after we have had a chance to address them.

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As usual, the timeline is split up by month.

January February March April

May June July August

September October November December

The LWN.net Linux timelines from the last five years are still available:

• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998

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