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- From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
- Summary: small poll for my new operating system
- Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- 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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