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Linus Torvalds announces Linux

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Linus in 1991

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)<br>Newsgroups: comp.os.minix<br>Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?<br>Summary: small poll for my new operating system<br>Message-ID:<br>Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT<br>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<br>professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing<br>since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on<br>things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat<br>(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)<br>among other things).

I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.<br>This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and<br>I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions<br>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.<br>It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never<br>will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

Linus and family<br>"official" portrait

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