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title: 20 anni e non sentirli
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excerpt: Linus Benedict Torvalds Aug 26 1991, 2:12 am 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 [...]<img alt=""
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date: '2011-08-26 10:11:01 +0000'
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<blockquote>
<p>Linus Benedict Torvalds<br />
Aug 26 1991, 2:12 am</p>
<p>Hello everybody out there using minix -</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won&rsquo;t be big and<br />
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. &nbsp;This has been brewing<br />
since april, and is starting to get ready. &nbsp;I&rsquo;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).</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.<br />
This implies that I&rsquo;ll get something practical within a few months, and<br />
I&rsquo;d like to know what features most people would want. &nbsp;Any suggestions<br />
are welcome, but I won&rsquo;t promise I&rsquo;ll implement them <img src='http://sivieri.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)</p>
<p>PS. &nbsp;Yes &ndash; it&rsquo;s free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.<br />
It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never<br />
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that&rsquo;s all I have <img src='http://sivieri.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> &nbsp;.</p>
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