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Hello everybody out there using minix -
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-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).
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-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 :-)
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-Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
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-PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT portable (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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-— Linus Torvalds[15]
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+I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
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+professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
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+since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback
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+on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it
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+somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical
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+reasons) among other things). I've currently ported bash(1.08) and
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+gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get
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+something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what
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+features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but
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+I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
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+PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded
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+fs. It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably
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+never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all
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+I have :-(.
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+— Linus Torvalds
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