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Subject: Re: What would you like to see most in minix?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
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I am a New User to Linux and the ideology behind it is amazing thank you ve=
ry much for your contribution to the whole world. It would be interesting t=
o see one day all machines running Linux. Its been a success and hope it ne=
ver ends. All the best for future endeavors. If you travel to India anytime=
 i hope u can organize some talks and shows so people became aware of the p=
roject. Take care....

On Monday, 26 August 1991 11:42:08 UTC+5:30, Linus Benedict Torvalds  wrote=
:
> Hello everybody out there using minix -
>=20
> 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).=20
>=20
> I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.=
=20
> 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 :-)
>=20
> 		Linus (torva...@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
>=20
> PS.  Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.=
=20
> 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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