Original: On 14 March 1994, Linux 1.0.0 was released, with 176,250 lines of code.
Simplified: On March 31 1992, alt. On March 14 1994, Linux 1.0.0 was released, with 176,250 lines of code. In March 1995, Linux 1.2.0 was released (310,950 lines of code). April 16 2008 - Linux 2.6.25 was released (9,232,484 lines of code).