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title: What would you like to see most in minix?
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excerpt: 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 [...]
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date: '2011-08-26 00:27:16 +0000'
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<p>Hello everybody out there using minix -</p>
<p>I&#8217;m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.<br />
This implies that I&#8217;ll get something practical within a few months, and<br />
I&#8217;d like to know what features most people would want. &nbsp;Any suggestions<br />
are welcome, but I won&#8217;t promise I&#8217;ll implement them <img src='http://www.fsugitalia.org/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)</p>
<p>PS. &nbsp;Yes &#8211; it&#8217;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&#8217;s all I have <img src='http://www.fsugitalia.org/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
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<p>Alla faccia di chi diceva che sarebbe stato un fuoco di paglia senza futuro. Grazie di tutto.</p>