Re: [Nolug] Happy anniversary!

Wow. FreeBSD turns 15 in December.

Brett

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 07:43:32PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> 17 years ago, today:
>
> 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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