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Hello everybody out there using minix -
I\’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won\’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I\’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).
I\’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I\’ll get something practical within a few months, and I\’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won\’t promise I\’ll implement them
Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes – it\’s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that\’s all I have .
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Linus Torvalds – 17 September 1991

dix sept ans sépare donc Linux 0.0.1 (ou plutôt FreaX comme il voulait l\’appeler alors) de mon intrépide Ubuntu (et quelques serveurs Gentoo et Debian)

Bon anniversaire Linux !