Re: thirty years ago

From	"Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid>
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Subject	Re: thirty years ago
Date	2021-09-20 08:23 +0300
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Andrei Z. wrote:
> Eli the Bearded wrote:
>> First Linux announcement, 25 August 1991.
>>
>>    From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
>>    Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
>>    Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
>>    Summary: small poll for my new operating system
>>    Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
>>    Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
>>    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
>>    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).
>>
>>    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 :-)
>>
>>          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 (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably 
>> never
>>    will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have 
>> :-(.
>>
>>
> From    Linus Torvalds <>
> Date    Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:02:58 -0700
> Subject    30 years since the Linux 0.01 release
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/9/17/1018
> 
> "This is just a random note to let people know that today is actually 
> one of the core 30-year anniversary dates: 0.01 was uploaded Sept 17, 
> 1991."

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thirty years ago Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-25 17:44 +0000
  Re: thirty years ago John McCue <jmccue@jmcw541.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> - 2021-08-25 19:10 +0000
    Re: thirty years ago Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-25 16:47 -0700
      Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 09:51 +0100
      Re: thirty years ago Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:14 -0400
  Re: thirty years ago doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2021-08-25 22:25 +0000
  Re: thirty years ago SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 00:12 -0400
    Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 10:02 +0100
      Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:21 -0400
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 18:27 +0200
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 17:49 +0100
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:50 -0400
            Re: Linux on a Chromebook Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 19:35 +0200
              Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 14:07 -0400
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-26 18:17 +0000
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 22:36 +0200
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 02:06 +0100
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 17:48 +0100
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-26 17:19 +0000
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 19:45 +0200
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 20:20 +0100
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 21:38 -0400
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 03:34 +0100
            Re: Linux on a Chromebook Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-27 13:32 +0000
            Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-27 13:30 -0400
              Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-28 09:34 +0100
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-28 12:42 -0400
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-28 20:18 +0100
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-26 21:06 -0700
      Re: thirty years ago SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 21:26 -0400
        Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 02:49 +0100
  Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-30 08:29 +0300
  Re: thirty years ago Solbu <solbu@solbu.net> - 2021-09-04 17:10 +0200
  Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-19 17:34 +0300
    Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-20 08:23 +0300

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