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 More options Aug 9 2012, 11:01 pm
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From: jiangzhou.z...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 20:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Aug 9 2012 11:01 pm
Subject: Re: What would you like to see most in minix?
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Thank you so much torvalds to make linux for world.
On Monday, August 26, 1991 3:12:08 PM UTC+9, Linus Benedict Torvalds 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 (torva...@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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