On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 23:53, Ratiu Petru wrote: > On Sun, 25 Aug 1991 20:57:08 GMT, Linus Benedict Torvalds > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > 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 :-(. > > > > > > Well, I don't know _exactly_ where you have been in the last 13 years > but I wanted to tell you this hobby of yours got pretty big, it > supports practically every piece of hardware known to man, it operates > on a multitude of architectures, from Alpha to a bunch of embedded > devices, runs a lot of services nobody even imagined back in 1991 and > is generally considered the coolest OS around (although Tanenbaum > still says it's brain-damaged ;-) ). > > Just wanted to say "Thanks"!
Yeah, as vrea sa completez cu traditionalul: Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! ;-) Happy 13! -- Arbeit macht frei! --- Detalii despre listele noastre de mail: http://www.lug.ro/
