From: Linus Benedict Torvalds - view profile
Date: Sun, Aug 25 1991 3:57 pm
Email: torva…@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Groups: comp.os.minix

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 :-(.

And by not portable, he means it will run on a i286, an i386, an i486, an i586, an i686, an x64 system, PowerPC’s, XBox’s, PlayStation 2’s, PSP’s, phones, televisions, routers, PDA’s…

My, how far we’ve come!

~Jaker

—–