The history of Linux begin with this message posted by Linus Torvalds to the
comp.os.minix newsgroup on August 25, 1991 :
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 fi le-
system (due to practical reasons, among other things) . . . Any suggestions 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. It is NOT
protable[sic] (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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