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title: "What would you like to see most in minix?"
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date: "2020-09-06"
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categories:
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- "linux"
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- "usenet"
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I'm working on a couple of presentations and I wanted to share this nugget of joy with anyone who hasn't actually read it.
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Path: gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.
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ohio-state.edu!wupost!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!torvalds
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From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
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Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
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Summary: small poll for my new operating system
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Keywords: 386, preferences
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Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
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Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
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Organization: University of Helsinki
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Hello everybody out there using minix -
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I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
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professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
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since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
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things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
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(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
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among other things).
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I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
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This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
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I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
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are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)
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Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
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PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
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It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
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will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.
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