on August 25, 1991

[Saifi]

On 25 August 1991, a guy sent this message on comp.os.minix USENET group

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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/comp.os.minix/dlNtH7RRrGA/SwRavCzVE7gJ
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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 (torv...@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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Linux kernel turns 26 and has grown from strength to strength in all these years thanks to Linus' leadership, FOSS community, GPL license and the reach of Internet.

What is Open grows, What is Closed withers !

warm regards
Saifi.

[Chakravarthy Raghunandan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/geek/comments/4zl3e1/happy_birthday_linux_heres_your_cake/
:)