Re: [Nolug] If for some reason everybody haven't seen this already

On Thursday 20 May 2004 2:41 pm, Petri Laihonen spake:
> Could this be the starting point for Linux?
> Pietu

Yes, that's Linus' original usenet post.

--Joey
>
>
> Frome :Linus Benedict Torvalds (torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI)
> Object :What would you like to see most in minix?
> Discussion grou :comp.os.minix
> Date :1991-08-25 23:12:08 PST
>
> 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 protable (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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