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| 2025 | Honor planned to release MagicOS 9.x, which will be compatible with Android 15. |
| 2024 | Excluded Russian developers from the list of Linux kernel maintainers, commenting against Russian aggression. |
| 2024 | Honor released MagicOS 8.x, running on Android 14 operating system. |
| October 2024 |
Linux
Linux achieved an estimated 4.3% market share on desktop computers, reflecting its ongoing growth in the desktop operating system market.
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| 2023 | Honor released MagicOS 7.x, which upgraded to Android 13 operating system. |
| 2023 | Honor brought its first foldable smartphone, the Honor Magic VS, to the European market, expanding its international presence with a premium foldable device. |
| November 20 2023 | Updated OpenSSH to 9.5p1 and OpenSSL to 3.0.12, enhanced bhyve hypervisor with TPM and GPU passthrough, added support for up to 1024 cores, and upgraded ZFS to OpenZFS 2.2. |
| July 2023 | Joined RESF's Board of Directors, which encompasses the Rocky Linux project. |
| April 2023 |
Linux
Android reached 68.61% market share of mobile devices accessing websites, demonstrating its dominance in the mobile operating system market.
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| 2022 | Honor rebranded Magic UI to MagicOS, releasing version 6.x running on Android 12. |
| 2022 | Vixie began working at Amazon Web Services (AWS). |
| June 29 2022 | Smart Global Holdings announced the acquisition of Stratus from Siris Capital Group for US$225 million. |
| 2021 | Vixie's company Farsight Security was acquired by DomainTools. |
| December 2021 | Honor released the Honor 50, which was the first smartphone to support Google Play Services since the brand's separation from Huawei. |
| April 13 2021 | Updated LLVM toolchain to version 11.0.1, removed obsolete binutils and gcc, added kernel-level TLS encryption support, and promoted 64-bit ARM to Tier-1 status. |
| January 2021 | Honor released its first non-Huawei phone, the V40. |
| 2020 | helloSystem project started, aiming to create a FreeBSD adaptation for macOS users |
| 2020 | A new project was initiated to automatically collect information about tested hardware configurations for FreeBSD. |
| November 17 2020 | Huawei announced the complete sale of Honor to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
| May 2020 | Quit Amazon Web Services due to concerns over the termination of whistleblowers, demonstrating his commitment to ethical workplace practices. |
| May 2020 | Left AWS after expressing dismay over the company's treatment of warehouse worker whistleblowers during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite holding a vice president rank. |
| 2019 | The Carnegie Corporation of New York honored Torvalds with the Great Immigrants Award. |
| 2019 | Honor expanded its product range to include earbuds and TVs. |
| 2019 | Honor launched its first two TV models, the Vision and Vision Pro, marking the brand's entry into the television market. |
| 2019 | Honor released Magic UI 3.x, which upgraded to Android 10 operating system. |
| 2019 | Bray became the only VP-level Amazon employee to sign a shareholder letter calling for Amazon Web Services to stop supporting oil extraction, highlighting his commitment to environmental causes. |
| May 15 2019 | The US government imposed a ban on Huawei and Honor, preventing access to Google services and security updates. |
| 2018 | NomadBSD project launched as a live USB system based on FreeBSD |
| 2018 | Honored with the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award, recognizing his influential work in technology and software development. |
| 2018 | Honor renamed Magic Live to Magic UI 2.x, upgrading to Android Pie (9) operating system. |
| 2018 | Honor expanded its product line to include laptops and smartwatches. |
| December 11 2018 | Updated ext2fs to support full read/write for ext4, changed graphics driver handling for AMD and Intel cards, and updated UFS filesystem to support check hashes. |
| October 22 2018 | Returned to maintaining the Linux kernel after his period of personal reflection. |
| September 16 2018 | Linux kernel Code of Conflict was replaced by a new Code of Conduct. Torvalds apologized for past personal attacks and announced a period of 'time off' to improve his interpersonal skills. |
| April 2018 | Honor launched its first notebook series, the MagicBook, marking the brand's entry into the laptop market. |
| April 18 2018 | Tim Bray was arrested for contempt of court during a demonstration against the Trans Mountain Pipeline at the Burnaby, Canada site, marking his active involvement in environmental activism. |
| January 2017 | At CES, Honor announced the Honor 6X would be available in thirteen new markets, including the United States, and earned 'best of CES 2017' accolades from multiple technology publications. |
| 2016 | Honor introduced Magic Live, its first mobile operating system interface, on the first HONOR Magic phone, running on Android Marshmallow (6.x). |
| 2016 | Honor launched its first fitness trackers, marking the brand's entry into the wearable technology market. |
| October 10 2016 | Added support for 64-bit ARM Architecture, implemented parallel ZFS mounting, and introduced the trim utility for flash-based storage devices. |
| August 2016 | Honor reported selling over 60 million products and generating over $8.4 billion in revenue. |
| January 2016 | Honor made its US debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with the Huawei Honor 5X, initially available online and later in select stores. |
| 2015 | OPNsense project initiated, focusing on firewall, routing, and network FreeBSD adaptation |
| October 2015 | Honor announced plans to increase revenue to $5 billion, with a strategic focus on the Indian market. |
| June 2015 | Honor expanded to 74 countries, demonstrating significant international growth. |
| 2014 | Received the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award for his significant contributions to computer science and open-source software development. |
| 2014 | Vixie was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame as an Innovator. |
| December 2014 | Joined Amazon Web Services as an employee, beginning his work with the cloud computing giant. |
| October 2014 | Honor launched the Honor 6 in Europe, expanding its international market presence. |
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